IMA 2013-109 = kuratite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Hwang, S.-L., Shen, P., Chu, H.-T., Yui, T.-F., Varela, M.-E., Iizuka, Y. (2016): Kuratite, Ca4(Fe2+10Ti2)O4[Si8Al4O36], the Fe2+-analogue of rhönite, a new mineral from the D'Orbigny...
View ArticleIMA 2015-024 = andychristyite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Cooper, M.A., Mills, S.J., Housley, R.M., Rossman, G.R. (2016): Lead–tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: XII. Andychristyite, PbCu2+Te6+O5(H2O), a new...
View ArticleIMA 2015-035 = oxo-mangani-leakeite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., Hawthorne, F.C., Ball, N.A., Ashley, P.M. (2016): Oxo-mangani-leakeite from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia: occurrence and mineral description....
View ArticleIMA 2016-042 merelaniite published (1 reply)
Minerals : doi:10.3390/min6040115Abstract: http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/4/115/HTML Version: http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/4/115/htmlPDF Version:...
View ArticleNew minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in August and September...
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN AUGUST 2016IMA No. 2016-035IncomsartoriteTl6Pb144As246S516Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Binntal, Wallis,Switzerland (46°21′54″N, 8°13′15″E)Dan Topa*, Berthold Stoeger,...
View ArticleCreation of neotypes for hydrotalcite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Mills, S.J., Christy, A.G., Schmitt, R.T. (2016): The creation of neotypes for hydrotalcite. Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1023-1029.Abstract:Two samples of hydrotalcite, likely worked on by...
View ArticleIMA 2014-082 = tvrdýite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Sejkora, J., Grey, I.E., Kampf, A.R., Price, J.R., Cejka, J. (2016): Tvrdýite, Fe2+Fe3+2Al3(PO4)4(OH)5(OH2)4·2H2O, a new phosphate mineral from Krásno near Horní Slavkov, Czech Republic....
View ArticleQuijarroite IMA2016-052 published (no replies)
"Quijarroite, Cu6HgPb2Bi4Se12, a New Selenide from the El Dragόn Mine, Bolivia" has been published in Minerals and is available online:Abstract: http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/4/123/HTML Version:...
View ArticleIMA 2015-054 = ferro-ferri-hornblende (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., Hawthorne, F.C., Ball, N.A., Cámara, F., Pagano, R., Pagano, A. (2016): Ferro-ferri-hornblende from the Traversella Mine (Ivrea, Italy): occurrence, mineral...
View ArticleIMA 2015-025 = penberthycroftite (3 replies)
Reference:▪ Grey, I.E., Betterton, J., Kampf, A.R., Macrae, C.M., Shanks, F.L., Price, J.R. (2016): Penberthycroftite, [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O, a second new hydrated aluminium arsenate mineral...
View ArticleIMA 2014-097 = jeffbenite (4 replies)
Reference:▪ Nestola, F., Burnham, A.D., Peruzzo, L., Tauro, L., Alvaro, M., Walter, M.J., Gunter, M., Kohn, S.C. (2016): Tetragonal Almandine-Pyrope Phase, TAPP: finally a name for it, the new mineral...
View ArticleIMA 2015-036 = kummerite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Mumme, W.G., Pring, A., Macrae, C.M., Glenn, A.M., Shanks, F.L., Mills, S.J. (2016): Kummerite, Mn2+Fe3+Al(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O, a new laueite-group mineral from the...
View ArticleIMA 2015-039 = chongite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Dini, M., Molina Donoso, A.A. (2016): Chongite, Ca3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, a new arsenate member of the hureaulite group from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique...
View ArticleIMA 2015-040 = gajardoite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Dini, M. Molina Donoso, A.A. (2016): Gajardoite, KCa0.5As3+4O6Cl2·5H2O, a new mineral related to lucabindiite and torrecillasite from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique...
View ArticleNew minerals approved by IMA CNMNC in October and November 2016 (5 replies)
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2016IMA No. 2016-063EpifanoviteNaCaCu5(PO4)4[AsO2(OH)2]·7H2OKester tin deposit, Arga-Ynnykh-Khai massif,Sakha Republic, RussiaVictor N. Yakovenchuk, Yakov A....
View ArticleErazoite (IMA 2014-061) published (1 reply)
The paper is published online and in print [I'm happy to supply e-prints; e-mail me at cjs@nhm.ac.uk]Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2017 194/1 : 91-96.Schlueter J, Malcherek T, Stanley C J,...
View ArticleThird natural quasicrystal from Khatyrka meteorite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Bindi, L., Lin, C., Ma, C., Steinhardt, P.J. (2016): Collisions in outer space produced an icosahedral phase in the Khatyrka meteorite never observed previously in the laboratory....
View ArticleCrystal structure and new formula for nickelskutterudite, (Ni,Co,Fe)As3 (1...
Benjamin N. Schumer, Marcelo B. Andrade, Stanley H. Evans, Robert T. Downs (2017): A new formula and crystal structure for nickelskutterudite, (Ni,Co,Fe)As3, and occupancy of the icosahedral cation...
View ArticleIMA 2014-031, 2014-059, 2014-088 and 2014-096 = vanarsite, packratite,...
Referenza:▪ Kampf, A.R., Hughes, J.M., Nash, B.P., Marty, J. (2016): Vanarsite, Packratite, Morrisonite, and Gatewayite: Four New Minerals Containing the [As^3+V^4+,5+12As^5+6O51] Heteropolyanion, A...
View ArticleIMA 2014-041 = bulgakite and revision of nalivkinite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Agakhanov, A.A., Pautov, L.A., Sokolova, E., Abdu, Y.A., Karpenko, V.Y. (2016): Two Astrophyllite-Supergroup Minerals: Bulgakite, A New Mineral From the Darai-Pioz Alkaline Massif,...
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