New minerals and nomenclature approved by IMA CNMNC in June and July 2017 (1...
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To the Managers of Mindat. I received a message from a Mindat member stating that there was a mineral missing, (Gold) from the site of the Rogers Syndicate Lease, in the Goldfield Nevada Mining...
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Reference:▪ Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V., Prusik, K., Vapnik, Y., Juroszek, R., Jeżak, L., Murashko, M. (2017): Dzierżanowskite, CaCu2S2 – a new natural thiocuprate from Jabel Harmun, Judean Desert,...
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Reference:▪ Olds, T.A., Sadergaski, L.R., Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Burns, P.C., Steele, I.M., Marty, J., Carlson, S., Mills, O.P. (2017): Leószilárdite, the first Na,Mg-containing uranyl carbonate from...
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Referenza:▪ Vymazalová, A., Laufek, F., Sluzhenikin, S.F., Stanley, C.J., Kozlov, V.V., Chareev, D.A., Lukashova, M.L. (2017): Kravtsovite, PdAg2S, a new mineral from the Noril’sk-Talnakh deposit,...
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Reference:▪ Škácha, P., Sejkora, J., Plášil, J. (2017): Příbramite, CuSbSe2, the Se-analogue of chalcostibite, a new mineral from Příbram, Czech Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 653-661....
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Reference:▪ Rao, C., Hatert, F., Dal Bo, F., Wang, R., Gu, X., Baijot, M. (2017): Mengxianminite, ideally Ca2Sn2Mg3Al8[(BO3)(BeO4)O6]2, a new borate mineral from Xianghualing skarn, Hunan Province,...
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Reference:▪ Xu, H., Hill, T.R., Konishi, H., Farfan, G. (2017): Protoenstatite: A new mineral in Oregon sunstones with “watermelon” colors. American Mineralogist, 102, 2146-2149. Abstract:...
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Topsøeite from Hekla is possible TL and one of 8 TL minerals from Iceland. 7 of them has ass. prof. Tonci Balic Zunic as co-editor.
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Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Housley, R.M., Marty, J. (2017): Dagenaisite, A New Zinc Tellurate From the Gold Chain Mine, Tintic, Utah, U.S.A. Canadian Mineralogist, 55, 867-873. Abstract: Dagenaisite,...
View ArticleIMA 2013-110 = centennialite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Crichton, W. & Müller, H. (2017): Centennialite, CaCu3(OH)6Cl2.nH2O, n = 0.7, a new kapellasite-like species, and a reassessment of calumetite. Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1105-1124....
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Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Nash, Barbara P., Dini, M., Molina Donoso, A.A. (2017): Currierite, Na4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O, a new acid arsenate with ferrinatrite-like heteropolyhedral chains...
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Reference:▪ Bindi, L., Putz, H., Parr, W.H., Stanley, C.J. (2017): Omariniite, Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12, the germanium-analogue of stannoidite, a new mineral species from Capillitas, Argentina. [i]Mineralogical...
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NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN AUGUST 2017 IMA No. 2017-040 Gorbunovite CsLi2(Ti,Fe)Si4O10(F,OH,O)2 Darai-Pioz glacier, Alai mountain range, Tien-Shan, Rashtskiy district, Tajikistan (39°30′N,...
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Who's Who in Mineral Names :http://www.rocksandminerals.org/Back%20Issues/2017/September-October%202017/whos-who-abstract.html In order to complete the page of leesite.Greetings from Belgium
View ArticleFinchite (4 replies)
Here is the link giving the ethymology and other informations concerning this new mineral species :https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-uranium-mineral-named-usgs-scientist
View ArticleNew: Ammoniozippeite, meitnerite, hydroxylpyromorphite (4 replies)
https://nhm.org/site/research-collections/mineral-sciences/research-studies/anthony-r-kampf
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Reference:▪ Haring, M.M.M. & McDonald, A.M. (2017): Charleshatchettite, CaNb4O10(OH)2·8H2O, a new mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada: Description, Crystal-Structure Determination and...
View ArticleIMA 2013-118 = natropalermoite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Schumer, B.N., Yang, H., Downs, R.T. (2017): Natropalermoite, Na2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)4, a new mineral isostructural with palermoite, from the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton, New Hampshire, USA....
View ArticleIMA 2016-017 = chinleite-(Y) (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Marty, J. (2017): Chinleite-(Y), NaY(SO4)2·H2O, a new rare-earth sulfate mineral structurally related to bassanite. Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 909-916. Abstract:...
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