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Mineralogical ClassificationNew minerals approved by IMA CNMNC in October 2014-January 2015
26th Mar 2015 12:48 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
Mineralogical Magazine, February 2015, Vol. 79(1), pp. 51-58
CNMNC Newsletter
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.05
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2014
IMA No. 2014-039
Meierite
Ba44Si66Al30O192Cl25(OH)33
Gun Claim, approximately 5 km SE of Itsi
Lakes, Yukon, Canada (130º0’51’’W,
62º50’50’’N)
R.C. Peterson*, Gunnar Fa¨rber, Lee Groat,
Laura MacNeil, Jim Evans, Brian Joy and
Thomas Witzke
*E-mail: Peterson@queensu.ca
Zeolite supergroup
Cubic: Im3m; structure determined
a = 18.5502(4) A ˚
4.388(70), 3.288(34), 3.189(100), 3.016(72),
2.803(42), 2.629(31), 2.323(46), 2.287(59)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, specimen number M56744
How to cite: Peterson, R.C., Fa¨rber, G., Groat,
L., MacNeil, L., Evans, J., Joy, B. and Witzke,
T. (2015) Meierite, IMA 2014-039. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 52;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-061
Erazoite
Cu4SnS6
Soledad mine, El Guanaco ore deposit,
Antofagasta Province, Chile (25º06’22’’S,
69º32’10’’W)
Jochen Schlu¨ ter*, Thomas Malcherek, Chris
Stanley, Maurizio Dini and Arturo A. Molina
Donoso
*E-mail: Jochen.Schlueter@uni-hamburg.de..
Known synthetic analogue
Trigonal: R3¯m
a = 3.756(8), c = 32.91(4) A ˚
3.664(8), 3.265(8), 3.022(100), 2.313(7),
1.999(10), 1.877(47), 1.667(13), 1.592(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Mineralogical Museum of the University of
Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, D-20146 Hamburg,
Germany, specimen number MD 717
How to cite: Schlu¨ ter, J., Malcherek, T., Stanley,
C., Dini, M. and Molina Donoso, A.A. (2015)
Erazoite, IMA 2014-061. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 23, February 2015, page 52; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-062
Ziminaite
Fe3+
6 (VO4)6
Bezymyannyi volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula,
Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
(55º58’N, 160º36’E)
Igor V. Pekov*, Oleg I. Siidra, Vasiliy O.
Yapaskurt, Yury S. Polekhovsky and Pavel M.
Kartashov
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Howardevansite group
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 8.012(4), b = 9.345(5), c = 6.678(3) A ˚ , a =
106.992(10), b = 101.547(8), g = 96.594(11)º
3.751(17), 3.539(86), 3.270(67), 3.209(100),
3.090(20), 3.041(18), 2.934(14), 1.665(24)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4603/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Siidra, O.I., Yapaskurt,
V.O., Polekhovsky, Y.S. and Kartashov, P.M.
(2015) Ziminaite, IMA 2014-062. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 52;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-063
Eckerite
Ag2CuAsS3
Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Binn Valley,
Canton Valais, Switzerland (46º21’54’’N,
8º13’15’’E)
Luca Bindi*, Fabrizio Nestola, Stefan Graeser,
Peter Tropper and Thomas Raber
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it..
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 11.8643(3), b = 6.2338(1), c = 16.6785(4) A ˚ ,
b = 110.842(3)º
3.446(70), 3.246(50), 2.941(100), 2.776(40),
2.134(50), 2.084(18), 2.076(40), 1.738(40)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museo di Storia Naturale, Universita` di
Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy,
catalogue number 3144/I
How to cite: Bindi, L., Nestola, F., Graeser, S.,
Tropper, P. and Raber, T. (2015) Eckerite, IMA
2014-063. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 52; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-064
Flurlite
Zn3Mn2+Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2·9H2O
Cornelia mine, Hagendorf-Su¨d pegmatite,
Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
(49º39’1’’N, 12º27’35’’E)
Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, W. Gus Mumme,
Allan Pring and Colin M. MacRae
*E-mail: Ian.Grey@csiro.au..
Related to schoonerite
Monoclinic: P21/m; structure determined
a = 6.3894(8), b = 11.037(1), c = 13.063(2) A ˚ ,
b = 99.37(2)º
12.900(100), 8.375(10), 6.072(14), 5.567(8),
5.080(7), 4.297(21), 3.221(7), 2.763(35)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of Museum Victoria, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia, registration number M53238
How to cite: Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Mumme,
W.G., Pring, A. and MacRae, C.M. (2015)
Flurlite, IMA 2014-064. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 23, February 2015, page 53; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-065
Tululite
Ca14(Fe3+,Al)(Al,Zn,Fe3+,Si,P,Mn,Mg)15O36
Tulul al Hammam, Siwaqa area, Jordan
(31º32’N, 36º12’E)
Hani N. Khoury*, Ella V. Sokol, Svetlana N.
Kokh, Yurii V. Seryotkin, Elena N.
Nigmatulina, Sergey V. Goryainov, Elena V.
Belogub and Ian D. Clark
*E-mail: khouryhn@yahoo.com
New structure type
Cubic: F23; structure determined
a = 14.9346(4) A ˚
2.874(44), 2.874(33), 2.640(100), 2.524(31),
2.524(23), 2.278(30), 1.760(16), 1.524(25)
Type materialis deposited in the collections of
the Central Siberian Geological Museum of the
V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and
Mineralogy, 3 Ac. Koptyuga Avenue,
Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, catalogue number
VII-91/1
How to cite: Khoury, H.N., Sokol, E.V., Kokh,
S.N., Seryotkin, Y.V., Nigmatulina, E.N.,
Goryainov, S.V., Belogub, E.V. and Clark, I.D.
(2015) Tululite, IMA 2014-065. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 53;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-066
Esquireite
BaSi6O13·7H2O
Esquire #1 claim, Rush Creek, Fresno Co.,
California, USA (36º58’25’’N, 119º15’01’’W)
and Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California,
USA (37º41’31’’N, 119º51’51’’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Robert M. Housley, Gail
E. Dunning and Robert E. Walstrom
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2; structure determined
a = 13.601(4), b = 4.922(1), c = 15.092(5) A ˚ ,
b = 111.58(2)º
7.02(38), 5.11(33), 4.649(66), 4.191(100),
3.339(65), 2.967(32), 2.343(33), 2.261(35)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections
of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California 90007, USA, catalogue
numbers 64540, 64541, 64542, 64543 and
64544
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Housley, R.M.,
Dunning, G.E. and Walstrom, R.E. (2015)
Esquireite, IMA 2014-066. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 23, February 2015, page 53; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-067
Carlsonite
(NH4)5Fe3+
3 O(SO4)6·7H2O
Huron River, approximately 1.5 km west of
Milan, Ohio, USA (41º17’42’’N, 82º37’30’’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, R. Peter Richards, Barbara
P. Nash and James B. Murowchick
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Structurally related to metavoltine
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 9.5927(2), b = 9.7679(3), c = 18.3995(13) A ˚ ,
a = 93.250(7), b = 95.258(7), g = 117.993(8)º
9.23(100), 8.26(40), 7.57(43), 4.93(23),
3.328(20), 3.246(15), 3.144(41), 3.035(16)
Type and cotype material is deposited in the
collections of the Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California 90007, USA, catalogue
numbers 65544 and 65545, respectively
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Richards, R.P., Nash,
B.P. and Murowchick, J.B. (2015) Carlsonite,
IMA 2014-067. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 53; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-068
Fermiite
Na4(UO2)(SO4)3·3H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37º33’26’’N,
110º17’44’’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Pla´sˇil, Anatoly V.
Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jirˇı´ Cˇ ejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Structurally related to meisserite
Orthorhombic: Pmn21; structure determined
a = 11.8864(2), b = 7.8861(1), c = 15.3826(11) A ˚
7.71(43), 7.01(100), 6.00(49), 4.70(42),
3.476(85), 3.336(55), 3.131(57), 2.762(46)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections
of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
California 90007, USA, catalogue numbers
65546, 65547 and 65548, and the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4607/1
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Pla´sˇil, J., Kasatkin,
A.V., Marty, J. and Cˇ ejka, J. (2015) Fermiite,
IMA 2014-068. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 54; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 2014
IMA No. 2014-069
Hedegaardite
(Ca,Na)9(Ca,Na)Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Punta de Lobos, Rio Seco, 90 km south of
Iquique, Tarapaca´ Region, Chile (21º01’25’’S,
70º10’16’’W) and Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones
Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Region,
Chile (23º06’02’’S, 70º30’48’’W)
Thomas Witzke*, Brian L. Phillips, William
Woerner, Jose´ M.V. Countinho, Gunnar Fa¨rber
and Reynaldo R. Contreira Filho
*E-mail: thomas.witzke@panalytical.com..
Whitlockite group
Trigonal: R3c; structure determined
a = 10.3519(9), c = 37.064(5) A ˚
5.189 (37), 3.431(35), 3.190(61), 2.862(100),
2.741(21), 2.595(68), 1.922(25), 1.715(33)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collection of the Bergakademie Freiberg,
Freiberg, Germany, catalogue numbers 83808
(Punta de Lobos) and 83809 (Cerro Mejillones)
How to cite: Witzke, T., Phillips, B.L., Woerner,
W., Countinho, J.M.V., Fa¨rber, G. and Contreira
Filho, R.R. (2015) Hedegaardite, IMA 2014-
069. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23, February
2015, page 54; Mineralogical Magazine, 79,
51-58.
IMA No. 2014-070
Dyrnaesite-(La)
Na8Ce4+(La,REE)2(PO4)6
Tasseq slope, Ilı´maussaq alkaline intrusion,
Narsaq, Greenland (60º57’15’’N, 45º56’35’’W)
Jørn G. Rønsbo, Toncˇi Balic´-Zˇ unic´* and Ole V.
Petersen
*E-mail: toncib@snm.ku.dk
Related to vitusite-(Ce)
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 18.4662(7), b = 16.0106(5), c = 7.0274(2) A ˚
6.57(100), 4.62(40), 4.14(28), 3.86(38),
3.50(40), 2.80(86), 2.67(54), 1.930(34)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen,
Denmark, specimen number 2014.1
How to cite: Rønsbo, J.G., Balic´-Zˇ unic´, T. and
Petersen, O.V. (2015) Dyrnaesite-(La), IMA
2014-070. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 54; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-072
Mianningite
(&,Pb,Ce,Na)(U4+,Mn,U6+)Fe3+
2 (Ti,Fe3+)18O38
Baozi Hill, near to the Maoniuping REE mine,
Mianning county, Sichuan Province, China
(28º24’20’’N, 101º59’3’’E)
Xiangkun Ge*, Guang Fan, Guowu Li, Ganfu
Shen, Zhangru Chen and Yujie Ai
*E-mail: gxk0621@163.com
Crichtonite group
Trigonal: R3¯ ; structure determined
a = 10.3462(5), c = 20.837(2) A ˚
3.065(75), 2.883(55), 2.627(100), 2.476(55),
2.254(70), 2.144(100), 1.704(55), 1.545(60)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Geological Museum of China, Beijing,
China, registration number M12189
How to cite: Ge, X., Fan, G., Li, G., Shen, G.,
Chen, Z. and Ai, Y. (2015) Mianningite, IMA
2014-072. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 54; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-073
Oppenheimerite
Na2(UO2)(SO4)2·3H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
(37º33’26’’N, 110º17’44’’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Pla´sˇil, Anatoly V.
Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jirˇı´ Cˇ ejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 7.9576(6), b = 8.1952(6), c = 9.8051(7) A ˚ ,
a = 65.967(5), b = 70.281(5), g = 84.516(6)º
7.29(31), 6.85(73), 5.39(47), 4.253(29),
3.700(47), 3.257(100), 2.669(33), 2.346(28)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections
of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los
Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers
65549, 65550 and 65551, and of the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4608/1
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Pla´sˇil, J., Kasatkin,
A.V., Marty, J. and Cˇ ejka, J. (2015)
Oppenheimerite, IMA 2014-073. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 55;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-074
Bettertonite
Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9·16H2O
Penberthy Croft mine, 8 km east of Penzance,
St Hilary Parish, Cornwall, UK (50º8’25’’N,
5º25’20’’W)
Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Jason R. Price
and Colin M. MacRae
*E-mail: Ian.Grey@csiro.au..
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 7.773(2), b = 26.991(5), c = 15.867(3) A ˚ ,
b = 94.22(3)º
13.648(100), 13.505(50), 7.805(50), 7.461(30),
5.880(20), 5.622(12), 3.589(20), 2.857(14)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of Museum Victoria,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, registration
number M53274, and the Natural History
Museum, London, UK, registration number
BM2014,100
How to cite: Grey, I.E., Kampf, A.R., Price, J.R.
and MacRae, C.M. (2015) Bettertonite, IMA
2014-074. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 55; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-075
Lefontite
Fe2Al2Be(PO4)2(OH)6
Joa˜o Teodoro mine, Lino´ polis district, Divino
das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (18º46’S,
41º28’W)
Hexiong Yang*, Robert T. Downs, Stanley H.
Evans, Shaunna M. Morrison and Benjamin N.
Schumer
*E-mail: hyang@u.arizona.edu
Related to childrenite and eosphorite
Orthorhombic: Cmca; structure determined
a = 7.0087(3), b = 10.5082(4), c = 13.1179(5) A ˚
6.600(97), 5.245(100), 4.872(42), 4.360(73),
4.105(61), 3.369(54), 2.622(38), 2.357(36)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections
of the Mineral Museum of the University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, catalogue
number 19802, and the RRUFF Project,
deposition number R140428
How to cite: Yang, H., Downs, R.T., Evans,
S.H., Morrison, S.M. and Schumer, B.N. (2015)
Lefontite, IMA 2014-075. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 23, February 2015, page 55; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN DECEMBER 2014
IMA No. 2014-071
Arrojadite-(BaNa)
BaNa3(NaCa)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)
Luna pegmatitic dyke, Dorio (LC), Lombardy,
Italy (46º06’36’’N, 9º19’59’’E)
Pietro Vignola, Fre´de´ric Hatert*, Maxime
Baijot, Fabrice Dal Bo, Sergio Ando` , Danilo
Bersani, Andrea Risplendente and Francesco
Vanini
*E-mail: fhatert@ulg.ac.be
Arrojadite group
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 16.4984(6), b = 10.0228(3), c = 24.648(1) A ˚ ,
b = 105.850(4)º
4.621(22), 3.488(28), 3.303(46), 3.137(100),
2.936(22), 2.878(32), 2.818(61), 2.667(35)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo Civico di Storia
Naturale, Milano, Italy, sample number 38718,
and the Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of
Lie`ge, Lie`ge, Belgium, sample number 20391
How to cite: Vignola, P., Hatert, F., Baijot, M.,
Dal Bo, F., Ando` , S., Bersani, D., Risplendente,
A. and Vanini, F. (2015) Arrojadite-(BaNa),
IMA 2014-071. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 55; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-076
Vanderheydenite
Zn6(PO4)2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South
Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott* and Uwe Kolitsch
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au..
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 6.2040(12), b = 19.619(4), c = 7.7821(16) A ˚ ,
b = 90.67(3)o
9.826(66), 7.296(14), 6.134(100), 4.368(10),
3.368(15), 3.069(15), 2.778(10), 2.648(10)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, registration
number G32512
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Kolitsch, U. (2015)
Vanderheydenite, IMA 2014-076. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 56;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-077
Ralphcannonite
AgZn2TlAs2S6
Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Binn Valley,
Canton Valais, Switzerland (46º21’54’’N,
8º13’15’’E)
Luca Bindi*, Cristian Biagioni, Thomas Raber,
Philippe Roth and Fabrizio Nestola
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it..
Routhierite isotypic series
Tetragonal: I4¯ 2m; structure determined
a = 9.861(2), c = 11.125(3) A ˚
4.100(85), 3.471(40), 3.118(17), 2.954(100),
2.656(20), 2.583(17), 2.465(24), 2.460(39)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale,
Universita` di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Firenze,
Italy, catalogue number 3145/I
How to cite: Bindi, L., Biagioni, C., Raber, T.,
Roth, P. and Nestola, F. (2015) Ralphcannonite,
IMA 2014-077. CNMNC Newsletter No. 23,
February 2015, page 56; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-078
Svornostite
K2Mg[(UO2)(SO4)2]2·8H2O
Geschieber vein, 5th level of the Svornost mine,
Ja´chymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech
Republic (50º22’21’’N, 12º54’42’’E)
Jakub Pla´sˇil*, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Jan
Hlousˇek, Milan Nova´k, Jirˇı´ Cˇ ejka and Ladislav
Lapcˇa´k
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Pmn21; structure determined
a = 12.7850(3), b = 8.2683(4), c = 11.2163(3) A ˚
8.279(50), 6.398(100), 5.060(55), 4.645(40),
4.610(38), 3.881(34), 3.318(44), 3.009(44)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4537/1
How to cite: Pla´sˇil, J., Kasatkin, A.V., Hlousˇek,
J., Nova´k, M., Cˇ ejka, J. and Lapcˇa´k, L. (2015)
Svornostite, IMA 2014-078. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 56;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-079
Jezˇekite
Na8[(UO2)(CO3)3](SO4)2·3H2O
Geschieber vein, 5th level of the Svornost mine,
Ja´chymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech
Republic (50º22’21’’N, 12º54’42’’E)
Jakub Pla´sˇil*, Jan Hlousˇek, Anatoly V.
Kasatkin, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Jirˇı´ Cˇ ejka and
Dmitry Chernishov
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
New structure type
Hexagonal: P6¯ 2m; structure determined
a = 9.0664(11), c = 6.9110(6) A ˚
7.861(59), 6.925(20), 5.193(100), 4.534(44),
3.415(23), 2.751(17), 2.728(20), 2.618(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4606/1
How to cite: Pla´sˇil, J., Hlousˇek, J., Kasatkin,
A.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Cˇ ejka, J. and
Chernishov, D. (2015) Jezˇekite, IMA 2014-079.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 23, February 2015,
page 56; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-080
Pd2Si
Kapalagulu Intrusion, Lake Tanganyika,
Tanzania (30º03’51’’E, 5º53’16’’S and
30º05’37’’E, 5º54’26’’S), and the UG-2 chromitite,
Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Louis J. Cabri*, Andrew M. McDonald, Chris J.
Stanley, Nikolay S. Rudashevsky, Glenn Poirier,
Harry R. Wilhelmij, William Zhe and Vladimir
N. Rudashevsky
*E-mail: lcabri@sympatico.ca
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P6¯ 2m
a = 6.496(5), c = 3.433(4) A ˚
2.35(vs), 2.16(s), 2.12(s), 1.87(m), 1.71(m),
1.41(m), 1.33(m), 1.21(m)
Type material has been deposited in the
collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature,
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, catalogue number
CMNMC 86891
How to cite: Cabri, L.J., McDonald, A.M.,
Stanley, C.J., Rudashevsky, N.S., Poirier, G.,
Wilhelmij, H.R., Zhe, W. and Rudashevsky,
V.N. (2015) IMA 2014-080. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 56;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-081
Arsmirandite
Na18Cu12Fe3+O8(AsO4)8Cl5
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of
the Northern Breakthrough of the Great
Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano,
Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region,
Russia (55º41’N, 160º14’E, 1200 m asl).
Igor V. Pekov*, Sergey N. Britvin, Vasiliy O.
Yapaskurt, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Sergey V.
Krivovichev, Marina F. Vigasina and Evgeny G.
Sidorov
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 10.742(2), b = 21.019(3), c = 11.787(2) A ˚ ,
b = 117.06(3)º
10.58(79), 8.74(100), 5.381(46), 5.288(80),
3.770(33), 2.693(28), 2.643(30), 2.574(74)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4613/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N.,
Yapaskurt, V.O., Polekhovsky, Y.S.,
Krivovichev, S.V., Vigasina, M.F. and Sidorov,
E.G. (2015) Arsmirandite, IMA 2014-081.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 23, February 2015,
page 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 5158.
IMA No. 2014-082
Tvrdy´ ite
Fe2+Fe3+
2 Al3(PO4)4(OH)5(H2O)4·2H2O
Huber open pit, Kra´sno ore district, Slavkovsky´
Les Mountains, Czech Republic (50º07’22’’N,
12º48’2’’E)
Jiri Sejkora*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf
and Jason R. Price
*E-mail: jiri_sejkora@nm.cz
Isostructural with beraunite
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 20.564(4), b = 5.101(1), c = 18.883(4) A ˚ ,
b = 93.68(3)º
10.227(100), 9.400(6), 7.156(14), 5.120(7),
3.416(11), 3.278(6), 2.562(5), 2.051(3)
Type material is housed in the collections of the
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology,
National Museum Prague, Cirkusova´ 1740, CZ-
193 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic, catalogue
number P1P 11/2014
How to cite: Sejkora, J., Grey, I.E., Kampf, A.R.
and Price, J.R. (2015) Tvrdy´ ite, IMA 2014-082.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 23, February 2015,
page 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-083
Agmantinite
Ag2MnSnS4
Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon
district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru
(10º37’15’’S, 76º48’0’’W)
Frank N. Keutsch*, Dan Topa, Rie Takagi
Fredrickson, Emil Makovicky and Werner Paar
*E-mail: keutsch@chem.wisc.edu
Structurally related to wurtzite
Orthorhombic: P21nm; structure determined
a = 6.632(2), b = 6.922(2), c = 8.156(2) A ˚
3.51(s), 3.32(w), 3.11(vs), 2.42(w), 2.04(m),
1.88(m), 1.73(m)
Type material is deposited in the reference
collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum
Wien, Wien, Austria, specimen number N 9736
How to cite: Keutsch, F.N., Topa, D., Takagi
Fredrickson, R., Makovicky, E. and Paar, W.
(2015) Agmantinite, IMA 2014-083. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 57;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JANUARY 2015
IMA No. 2014-084
Abuite
CaAl2(PO4)2F2
Hinomaru-Nago mine, Kiyo area, Abu, Abu
County, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (34º53’N
131º52’E)
Satomi Enju and Seiichiro Uehara*
*E-mail: uehara@geo.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Known synthetic analogue (with Sr in the place
of Ca)
Orthorhombic: P212121
a = 11.818(2), b = 11.993(3), c = 4.6872(8) A ˚
4.362(25), 3.683(32), 3.529(43), 3.139(86),
2.951(100), 2.928(80), 2.183(24), 2.046(21)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and
Human History, Kitakyushu, Japan, registered
number KMNHM000003
How to cite: Enju, S. and Uehara, S. (2015)
Abuite, IMA 2014-084. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 23, February 2015, page 58; Mineralogical
Magazine, 79, 51-58.
IMA No. 2014-085
Lipuite
KNa8Mn3+
5 Mg0.5[Si12O30(OH)4](PO4)O2(OH)2·4H2O
N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese
Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(27º7’50.81’’S, 22º50’28.83’’E)
Hexiong Yang*, Xiangping Gu, Xiande Xie,
Jaco J. van Nieuwenhuizen, Stanley H. Evans
and Robert T. Downs
*E-mail: hyang@u.arizona.edu
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Pnnm; structure determined
a = 9.080(3), b = 12.222(3), c = 17.093(5) A ˚
9.955(52), 4.853(68), 3.965(52), 2.889(100),
2.772(49), 2.617(57), 2.477(68), 2.084(65)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections
of the Mineral Museum of the University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, catalogue
number 20010, and the RRUFF Project,
deposition number R140496
How to cite: Yang, H., Gu, X., Xie, X., van
Nieuwenhuizen, J.J., Evans, S.H. and Downs,
R.T. (2015) Lipuite, IMA 2014-085. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 58;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
REVISION OF CHEMICAL FORMULA APPROVED IN JANUARY 2015
IMA 14-I: Aradite
In the original submission of the mineral aradite
(IMA 2013-047) the authors erroneously used
EPMA results of another grain; therefore aradite
was approved with an incorrect chemical
formula (see CNMNC Newsletter 17). The
correct end-member formula of aradite is
BaCa6[(SiO4)(VO4)](VO4)2F.
REVISED CHEMICAL FORMULA
A paper on the mineral camerolaite has been
published recently [Mineralogical Magazine,
78, 15271552 (2014)] in which the ideal
chemical formula of the mineral is given as
Cu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4). In this
formula (CO3) is lacking, while it was present as
an essential component in the previously
accepted formula of camerolaite. These data
were examined carefully by the CNMNC
officers and were considered reliable.
Accordingly it was agreed to modify the
formula of camerolaite in the official IMA List
of Minerals.
ERRATUM
IMA No. 2014-044 Wetherillite
In CNMNC Newsletter 22, the mineral name
was typed incorrectly as whetherillite. The
correct name is wetherillite.
26th Mar 2015 21:03 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Question: Has IMA No. 2014-080 (Pd2Si) no name so far?
27th Mar 2015 05:36 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
IMA No. 2014-080
Palladosilicide
Pd2Si
Kapalagulu Intrusion, Lake Tanganyika,
Tanzania (30º03’51’’E, 5º53’16’’S and
30º05’37’’E, 5º54’26’’S), and the UG-2 chromitite,
Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Louis J. Cabri*, Andrew M. McDonald, Chris J.
Stanley, Nikolay S. Rudashevsky, Glenn Poirier,
Harry R. Wilhelmij, William Zhe and Vladimir
N. Rudashevsky
*E-mail: lcabri@sympatico.ca
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P6¯ 2m
a = 6.496(5), c = 3.433(4) A ˚
2.35(vs), 2.16(s), 2.12(s), 1.87(m), 1.71(m),
1.41(m), 1.33(m), 1.21(m)
Type material has been deposited in the
collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature,
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, catalogue number
CMNMC 86891
How to cite: Cabri, L.J., McDonald, A.M.,
Stanley, C.J., Rudashevsky, N.S., Poirier, G.,
Wilhelmij, H.R., Zhe, W. and Rudashevsky,
V.N. (2015) IMA 2014-080. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 23, February 2015, page 56;
Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
30th Mar 2015 12:53 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager
1st Apr 2015 19:28 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
Slavik F. (1914): Sur les phosphates ternaires de Al2O3 etc.. Bulletin de la Société française de minéralogie 37, 152-162.
The mineral was later descredited = Morinite http://www.mindat.org/min-2785.html,
Fisher, D. J. (1962): Ježekite is morinite. American Mineralogist, 47, 398-400
This crystal drawing is from Fisher (1962)
The old entry Ježekite has been changed to Ježekite (of Slavik), and Ježekite (IMA2014-079) has been entered.
1st Apr 2015 20:18 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
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