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New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2018

U. Hålenius
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden – [email protected]
F. Hatert
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Minéralogie, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium – [email protected]
M. Pasero
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy – [email protected]
S. J. Mills
Affiliation:
Geosciences, Museum Victoria, PO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia – [email protected]
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Abstract

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IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

The information given here is provided by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification for comparative purposes and as a service to mineralogists working on new species.

Each mineral is described in the following format:

Mineral name, if the authors agree on its release prior to the full description appearing in press

Chemical formula

Type locality

Full authorship of proposal

E-mail address of corresponding author

Relationship to other minerals

Crystal system, Space group; Structure determined, yes or no

Unit-cell parameters

Strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern

Type specimen repository and specimen number

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NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN APRIL 2018

IMA No. 2017-115

Fiemmeite

Cu2(C2O4)(OH)2·2H2O

Passo di San Lugano, Fiemme Valley, Carano (TN), Italy

Francesco Demartin*, Italo Campostrini, Paolo Ferretti and Ivano Rocchetti

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New structure type

Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined

a = 3.4245(6), b = 10.141(2), c = 19.397(3) Å, β = 90.71(1)°

9.71(55), 7.02(28), 5.079(100), 4.501(50), 3.072(58), 2.891(20), 2.730(15), 2.686(25)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of MUSE – Museo delle Scienze di Trento, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, I-38122 Trento, Italy, sample No. 5249

How to cite: Demartin, F., Campostrini, I., Ferretti, P. and Rocchetti, I. (2018) Fiemmeite, IMA 2017-115. CNMNC Newsletter No. 43, June 2018, page 780; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2017-116

Vaniniite

Ca2Mn2+3Mn3+2O2(AsO4)4·2H2O

Falotta mine, near Rona village, Oberhalbstein valley, Graubünden, Switzerland

Nicolas Meisser*, Remo Widmer, Thomas Armbruster, Radek Škoda, Philippe Roth and Thomas Mumenthaler

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New structure type

Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined

a = 8.9856 (1), b = 8.9472(1), c = 9.9039(1) Å, β = 94.719(1)°

5.47(40), 4.31(40), 3.99(50), 3.76(70), 3.18(40), 2.99(100), 1.646(70), 1.580(50)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of Musée Cantonal de Géologie, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, Dorigny, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, catalogue number MGL n° 080143 (holotype) and 080144 (cotype)

How to cite: Meisser, N., Widmer, R., Armbruster, T., Škoda, R., Roth, P. and Mumenthaler, T. (2018) Vaniniite, IMA 2017-116. CNMNC Newsletter No. 43, June 2018, page 780; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2017-117

Bodieite

Bi3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)

On a dump ca. 0.2 km W of the North Star mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah, USA (39.921298°N, 112.108668°W); Pittsburg-Liberty mine, Masonic district, Mono Co., California, USA (38.358637°N, 119.120321°W)

Anthony R. Kampf*, Robert M. Housley, George R. Rossman, Joe Marty and Marek Chorazewicz

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: I2/a; structure determined

a = 8.1033(8), b = 7.4302(8), c = 14.695(2) Å, β = 97.771(9)°

7.31(20), 3.331(62), 3.243(100), 3.039(20), 2.716(25), 1.960(15), 1.901(21), 1.662(17)

Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue numbers 67482 (dump near North Star mine), 67483, 67484, 67485 and 67486 (Pittsburg-Liberty mine)

How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Housley, R.M., Rossman, G.R., Marty, J. and Chorazewicz, M. (2018) Bodieite, IMA 2017-117. CNMNC Newsletter No. 43, June 2018, page 780; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-001

Paraberzeliite

NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

Igor V. Pekov*, Natalia N. Koshlyakova, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Sergey N. Britvin, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

*E-mail:

Alluaudite group

Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined

a = 12.3143(7), b = 13.0679(5), c = 6.7717(4) Å, β = 113.657(7)°

3.642(25), 3.606(17), 3.243(29), 3.096(22), 2.986(34), 2.888(22), 2.822(100), 2.658(29)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 5067/1

How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Koshlyakova, N.N., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Britvin, S.N., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2018) Paraberzeliite, IMA 2018-001. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 780; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-002

Oyonite

Ag3Mn2Pb4Sb7As4S24

Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru (10°37′23″S, 76°41′17″W)

Luca Bindi*, Cristian Biagioni and Frank N. Keutsch

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Lillianite homeotypic series

Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined

a = 19.181(2), b = 12.775(1), c = 8.179(1) Å, β = 90.47(1)°

3.34(40), 3.29(100), 3.15(30), 2.920(40), 2.860(30), 2.821(70), 2.678(35), 2.045(50)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Mineralogia e Litologia, Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3283/I

How to cite: Bindi, L., Biagioni, C. and Keutsch, F.N. (2018) Oyonite, IMA 2018-002. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 781; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2017-069a

Belomarinaite

KNa(SO4)

Toludskoe lava field, Fissure Tolbachic eruption 2012–2013, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°45′1.32″N, 160°19′40.74″E, 1480 m a.s.l.)

Stanislav K. Filatov*, Andrey P. Shablinskii, Lidiya P. Vergasova, Olga Y. Saprikina, Rimma S. Bubnova, Svetlana V. Moskaleva and Alexander B. Belousov

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Chemically and structurally related to aphthitalite

Trigonal: P3m1; structure determined

a = 5.604(1), c = 7.178(2) Å

4.022(31), 3.591(26), 2.884(74), 2.800(100), 2.391(16), 2.296(8), 2.008(38), 1.634(10)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia, catalogue number 1/19678

How to cite: Filatov, S.K., Shablinskii, A.P., Vergasova, L.P., Saprikina, O.Y., Bubnova, R.S., Moskaleva, S.V. and Belousov, A.B. (2018) Belomarinaite, IMA 2017-069a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 43, June 2018, page 781; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2018

IMA No. 2018-003

Uakitite

VN

Iron meteorite Uakit (IIAB, 3.96 kg) found in 2016 in the Baunt Evenk district, Republic of Buryatia, Russia (55°29′47.50″N, 113°33′47.98″E)

Victor V. Sharygin*, German S. Ripp, Grigory A. Yakovlev, Yurii V. Seryotkin, Nikolai S. Karmanov, Ivan A. Izbrodin, Victor I. Grokhovsky and Elena A. Khromova

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Known synthetic analogue

Cubic: Fm $\overline 3 $m

a = 4.1328(3) Å

2.386(71), 2.066(100), 1.461(61), 1.246(29), 1.193(19), 0.948(10), 0.924(21), 0.844(14)

Type material is deposited in the meteorite collections of the Central Siberian Geological Museum of V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, registration number 52 - meteorite Uakit, and the Museum of the Buryatian Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulan-Ude, Russia, registration number Uakit-MBSC435/G84

How to cite: Sharygin, V.V., Ripp, G.S., Yakovlev, G.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Karmanov, N.S., Izbrodin, I.A., Grokhovsky, V.I. and Khromova, E.A. (2018) Uakitite, IMA 2018-003. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 781; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-004

Ferrorockbridgeite

(Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)

Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite mine, 76 metre level, Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (49°39′1″N, 12°27′35″E)

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Erich Keck, Colin M. MacRae, John Cashion and Yesim Gozukara

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Rockbridgeite group

Orthorhombic: Bbmm; structure determined

a = 13.994(1), b = 16.884(1), c = 5.1866(4) Å

6.987(21), 4.853(26), 3.615(24), 3.465(33), 3.424(39), 3.205(100), 2.774(22), 1.603(24)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museum Victoria, 11 Nicholson St, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia, registration number M54126 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue number 67281 (cotype)

How to cite: Grey, I.E., Kampf, A.R., Keck, E., MacRae, C.M., Cashion, J. and Gozukara, Y. (2018) Ferrorockbridgeite, IMA 2018-004. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 782; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-005

Belogubite

CuZn(SO4)2·10H2O

Gayskoe Zn-Cu deposit, Orenburgskaya Oblast’, South Urals, Russia (51°28′00″N, 58°29′39″E)

Anatoly V. Kasatkin*, Sergey N. Britvin, Radek Škoda, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy and Nikita V. Chukanov

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Chalcanthite group

Triclinic: P $\overline 1 $; structure determined

a = 6.2548(1), b = 10.6112(2), c = 6.0439(1) Å, α = 82.587(1), β = 109.625(1), γ = 104.848(1)°

5.73(35), 5.576(47), 4.873(100), 3.907(31), 3.719(45), 3.229(27), 2.915(25), 2.684(26)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 5130/1

How to cite: Kasatkin, A.V., Britvin, S.N., Škoda, R., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I. and Chukanov, N.V. (2018) Belogubite, IMA 2018-005. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 782; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-007

Dalnegorskite

Ca5Mn(Si3O9)2

Dalnegorskoe boron deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East, Russia

Nadezhda V. Shchipalkina*, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Nikita V. Chukanov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy and Natalya N. Koshlyakova

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Closely related to bustamite

Triclinic: P $\overline 1 $; structure determined

a = 7.259(1), b = 7.857(1), c = 7.8765(6) Å, α = 88.55(1), β = 62.58(1), γ = 76.621(6)°

3.284(41), 2.952(100), 2.951(70), 2.280(45), 1.815(92), 1.740(39), 1.708(34), 1.465(39)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 5184/1

How to cite: Shchipalkina, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Chukanov, N.V., Belakovskiy, D.I. and Koshlyakova, N.N. (2018) Dalnegorskite, IMA 2018-007. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 782; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-008

Zubkovaite

Ca3Cu3(AsO4)4

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

Igor V. Pekov*, Inna S. Lykova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Katharina S. Scheidl

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: C2; structure determined

a = 16.836(3), b = 5.0405(8), c = 9.117(2) Å, β = 117.39(1)°

7.44(100), 3.727(79), 3.334(92), 2.914(73), 2.789(48), 2.765(50), 2.591(96), 2.521(53)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 5185/1

How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Lykova, I.S., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.G. and Scheidl, K.S. (2018) Zubkovaite, IMA 2018-008. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 782; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-009

Phoxite

(NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4

Rowley mine, 125-foot level, Theba, Painted Rock district, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA (33°2′57″N, 113°1′49.59″W)

Anthony R. Kampf*, Aaron J. Celestian, Barbara P. Nash and Joe Marty

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined

a = 7.2962(3), b = 13.5993(4), c = 7.8334(6) Å, β = 108.271(8)°

6.17(100), 5.57(85), 3.799(60), 3.377(59), 2.914(72), 3.536(32), 2.425(37), 2.275(63)

Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue numbers 66697, 66698, 66699 and 66700

How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Celestian, A.J., Nash, B.P. and Marty, J. (2018) Phoxite, IMA 2018-009. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 783; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-011

Achyrophanite

(K,Na)3(Fe3+,Ti,Al,Mg)5O2(AsO4)5

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

Igor V. Pekov*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Natalia N. Koshlyakova, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Atali A. Agakhanov, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

*E-mail:

New structure type

Orthorhombic: P2221; structure determined

a = 6.5824(2), b = 13.2488(4), c = 10.7613(3) Å

5.615(59), 4.174(42), 3.669(31), 3.148(33), 2.852(43), 2.814(100), 2.689(29), 2.237(28)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 5029/1

How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Koshlyakova, N.N., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Agakhanov, A.A., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2018) Achyrophanite, IMA 2018-011. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 783; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-012

Dokuchaevite

Cu8O2(VO4)3Cl3

Yadovitaya (‘Poisonous’) fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°50′N, 160°20′E)

Oleg I. Siidra*, Evgeny V. Nazarchuk, Anatoly N. Zaitsev, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Thomas Wenzel and John Spratt

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Chemically and structurally related to yaroshevite

Triclinic: P $\overline 1 $; structure determined

a = 6.332(3), b = 8.204(4), c = 15.562(8) Å, α = 90.498(8), β = 97.173(7), γ = 90.896(13)°

15.440(18), 7.276(27), 5.596(43), 4.857(33), 3.193(29), 2.791(30), 2.564(21), 2.522(100)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number 1/19664

How to cite: Siidra, O.I., Nazarchuk, E.V., Zaitsev, A.N., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Wenzel, T. and Spratt, J. (2018) Dokuchaevite, IMA 2018-012. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 783; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-013

Koryakite

NaKMg2Al2(SO4)6

Yadovitaya (‘Poisonous’) fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°50′N, 160°20′E)

Evgeny V. Nazarchuk, Oleg I. Siidra*, Anatoly N. Zaitsev and Natalia S. Vlasenko

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Structurally related to millosevichite and mikasaite

Trigonal: R $\overline 3 $; structure determined

a = 8.1124(11), c = 22.704(7) Å

5.936(10), 3.585(55), 2.763(100), 2.633(7), 2.340(22), 2.158(12), 1.991(9), 1.789(30)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number 1/19688

How to cite: Nazarchuk, E.V., Siidra, O.I., Zaitsev, A.N. and Vlasenko, N.S. (2018) Koryakite, IMA 2018-013. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 784; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-014

Aleutite

[Cu5O2](AsO4)(VO4)·(Cu,K,Pb,Rb,Cs,)Cl

Yadovitaya (‘Poisonous’) fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°50′N, 160°20′E)

Oleg I. Siidra*, Evgeny V. Nazarchuk, Atali A. Agakhanov and Yury S. Polekhovsky

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined

a = 18.090(2), b = 6.2284(6), c = 8.2465(9) Å, β = 90.597(2)°

4.796(46), 3.396(29), 2.985(48), 2.934(74), 2.913(31), 2.825(36), 2.567(30), 2.449(100)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number 1/19689

How to cite: Siidra, O.I., Nazarchuk, E.V., Agakhanov, A.A. and Polekhovsky, Y.S. (2018) Aleutite, IMA 2018-014. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 784; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-015

Elasmochloite

Na3Cu6BiO4(SO4)5

Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

Igor V. Pekov*, Sergey N. Britvin, Atali A. Agakhanov, Marina F. Vigasina and Evgeny G. Sidorov

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined

a = 10.1273(9), b = 10.1193(8), c = 21.112(2) Å, β = 102.272(8)°

10.33(100), 7.04(18), 6.33(14), 3.576(24), 3.397(13), 2.920(14), 2.529(14), 2.460(14)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 5189/1

How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N., Agakhanov, A.A., Vigasina, M.F. and Sidorov, E.G. (2018) Elasmochloite, IMA 2018-015. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 784; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-016

Majzlanite

K2Na(ZnNa)Ca(SO4)4

Yadovitaya (‘Poisonous’) fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°50′N, 160°20′E)

Oleg I. Siidra*, Evgeny V. Nazarchuk, Anatoly N. Zaitsev and Vladimir V. Shilovskikh

*E-mail:

New structure type

Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined

a = 16.007(2), b = 9.524(1), c = 9.118(1) Å, β = 94.828(7)°

3.372(40), 3.147(56), 3.106(65), 2.949(50), 2.874(100), 2.835(70), 2.803(45), 2.616(41)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia, specimen number 1/19690

How to cite: Siidra, O.I., Nazarchuk, E.V., Zaitsev, A.N. and Shilovskikh, V.V. (2018) Majzlanite, IMA 2018-016. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 784; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

IMA No. 2018-017

Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)

(Na,Ca)(Mn2+,Fe3+)(Mg,Fe3+)2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8

Sapucaia pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena district, Minas Gerais, Brazil (18°54′38″S, 41°29′61″W)

Anthony R. Kampf*, Barbara P. Nash, Luigi Chiappino and Sergio Varvello

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Jahnsite group

Monoclinic: P2/a; structure determined

a = 15.104(1), b = 7.1629(2), c = 9.8949(7) Å, β = 110.640(7)°

9.29(100), 5.02(27), 4.91(30), 3.546(32), 2.975(26), 2.834(91), 2.601(33), 1.944(33)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineral Sciences Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA, catalogue number 66701

How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Chiappino, L. and Varvello, S. (2018) Jahnsite-(NaMnMg), IMA 2018-017. CNMNC Newsletter No 43, June 2018, page 787; Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785.

NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN APRIL 2018

Jahnsite group

The jahnsite group is established. Minerals within the jahnsite group conform to the general formula XM1M22M32(H2O)8(OH)2(PO4)4. The jahnsite group is divided into the jahnsite subgroup (M3 = Fe3+), which currently inclues ten mineral species, and the whiteite subgroup (M3 = Al), which currently inclues seven mineral species.

Welinite group

The welinite group is established. Minerals within the welinite group conform to the general formula M22+6(M1aM1b)x+(SiO4)2O(x–2)(OH)(8–x), where x is the total charge per formula unit at the M1 sites. The welinite group currently includes four mineral species, all of them having M2 = Mn2+: welinite (M1 = W6+□), franciscanite (M1 = V5+□), örebroite (M1 = Sb5+Fe3+), and barwoodite (M1 = Nb5+□).

Ursilite: name discredited

Currently the IMA List of Minerals includes as valid species the following three minerals, all with G (=grandfathered) status: calcioursilite, Ca4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5(OH)6·15H2O; magnioursilite, Mg4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5(OH)6·20H2O; ursilite, Mg4(UO2)4(Si2O5)5.5(OH)5·13H2O. Historically, calcioursilite and magnioursilite were described together in 1957 as ‘ursilite’ from the Oktyabr'skoye deposit, Kyzyltyube-Saj, Samgar Steppe, Tajikistan [Voprosy Geologii Urana (Problems of the Uranium Geology), Atomic Press, Moscow, 73 (1957)]. At that occurrence, analyses with Ca > Mg and Mg > Ca were recorded. Subsequently, calcioursilite and magnioursilite were defined instead of ursilite [Proc. 2nd U.N. Int. Conf. on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 2, 298–299 (1958); ibidem, 3, 174–177 (1959)]. Therefore today the name ‘ursilite’ is nothing but an obsolete redundancy, and should be officially discredited. This is an executive decision taken by the officers of the IMA CNMNC.

NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2018

IMA 18-B: Discreditation of the mineral name ‘marshallsussmanite’ with a reinstatement of the name schizolite

Proposal 18-B is accepted, and ‘marshallsussmanite’ (IMA No. 2013-067) is renamed schizolite, according to historical priority.