Thermessaite

Hello!

My friend Luigi Salvatore Scanibacchi send me it name (He found the name in a forum about minerals) and I don´t have any informations about it mineral.If possible,post in it forum the informations.

Thanks.

Thermessaite is IMA 2007-030.
The type-descripion is announced in a next Canadian Mineralogist.

Reference:
• Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C.M., Campostrini, I., Orlandi, P. (2008): Thermessaite, K2[AlF3|SO4], a new ino-aluminofluoride from La Fossa Crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, (in print).

Marco,

I can live with "fluoroaluminates", but calling them "aluminofluorides" severely hurts me.

Also chemists use it - google for "aluminofluorides".

Hawthorne, F. C. (1984): The crystal structure of stenonite and the classification of the aluminofluoride minerals. Can. Mineral. 22, 245-251.

"Fluoroaluminate" or "aluminofluoride".

The name is after "Thermessa" = warm earth, old name for the island of Vulcano.

"Also chemists use it."

They hurt me too !!

Ah, Peter, for smooth human relations you have to tolerate those who express themselves illogically. I feel pain when I hear a mineral was "self-collected", but I just take an aspirin...

Well, everybody knows that there aren't any minerals out there that collect themselves. They would save us a lot of time if they did, wouldn't they ?