ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020020	Waimirite-(Y)	Cheetham A K, Norman N (1974) The structures of yttrium and bismuth trifluorides by neutron diffraction Acta Chemica Scandinavica A28 55-60		1974	synthetic	0	293

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'Norman N'
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 The structures of yttrium and bismuth trifluorides by neutron diffraction
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Y   0.36730   0.25000   0.05910   0.00469
F1   0.52270   0.25000   0.59100   0.01127
F2   0.16520   0.06430   0.37550   0.00722

Relationship of Oskarssonite Subgroup to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Non-stoichiometric Perovskites Group > Perovskite Supergroup

Other Members of this group:

Auricupride Subgroup	Defined as B-site vacant inverse single perovskites (so is the Cohenite Subgroup).
Brownmillerite Subgroup	Recently defined as anion-deficient perovskites (Mitchell et al.
Cohenite Subgroup	Defined as B-site vacant inverse single perovskites (so is the Auricupride Subgroup).
Diaboleite Subgroup	Defined as B-site vacant double perovskites.
Hematophanite Subgroup	Defined as anion-deficient partly-inverse B-site quadruple perovskites.
Liguowuite Subgroup	Defined as A-site vacant single perovskites .
Macedonite Subgroup	Defined as oxide single perovskites with second-order Jahn-Teller distortions.
Schoenfliesite Subgroup	M²⁺[Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆]
Skutterudite Subgroup	Redefined as A-site vacant quadruple perovskites.
Söhngeite Subgroup	M(OH)₃
Stottite Subgroup	Group of tetragonal metal hydroxides.

Group Members:

Oskarssonite	AlF₃	Trig. 3 : R3
Waimirite-(Y)	YF₃	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma

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References for Oskarssonite SubgroupHide

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Mitchell, R., Welch, M.D., Chakhmouradian, A.R. (2017): Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup: A hierarchical system of classification based on crystal structure and composition. Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 411-461.

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Localities for Oskarssonite SubgroupHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Victoria Land Ross Archipelago Ross Island ⓘ Mount Erebus ?	[Oskarssonite] Rosenberg, P.E. (1988): Aluminum fluoride hydrates, yolcanogenic salts from Mount Erebus, Antarctica. American Mineralogist: 73: 855-860

Brazil
Amazonas Presidente Figueiredo ⓘ Pitinga mine	[Waimirite-(Y)] Atencio, D., Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Ferron, J.T.M.M., Hoshino, M., Moriyama, T., Watanabe, Y., Miyawaki, R., Coutinho, J.M.V., Andrade, M.B., Domanik, K., Chukanov, N.V., Momma, K., Hirano, H., Tsunematsu, M. (2015) Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine: 79: 767-780.; Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Atencio, D., Ferron, J.T.M.M. and Coutinho, J.M.V. (2014) Waimirite-(Y), IMA 2013-108. CNMNC Newsletter No. 19, February 2014, page 167; Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 165-170.
Mato Grosso Juína ⓘ Sorriso river	[Oskarssonite] Kaminsky, F.V., Wirth, R., Schreiber, A. (2013): Carbonatitic inclusions in deep mantle diamond from Juina, Brazil: new minerals in the carbonate-halide association. Can. Mineral. 51, 669-688.
ⓘ Chicória farm	[Oskarssonite] Kaminsky, F. V., Ryabchikov, I. D., & Wirth, R. (2015). A primary natrocarbonatitic association in the Deep Earth. Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-12.

Iceland
Southern Region Rangárþing ytra ⓘ Hekla	[Oskarssonite] Balić-Žunić T., Mitolo D., Garavelli A., Jakobsson S.P., Leonardsen E. (2014): New fumarolic minerals from Mt. Hekla volcano, Iceland: FeF3(H2O)3. Plinius, 40, 294.
Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar archipelago (Westman islands) Heimaey island ⓘ Eldfell	[Oskarssonite] Jacobsen, M.J., Balić-Žunić, T., Mitolo, D., Katerinopoulou, A., Garavelli, A., Jakobsson, S.P. (2014): Oskarssonite, AlF3, a new fumarolic mineral from Eldfell volcano, Heimaey, Iceland. Mineralogical Magazine,78, 215-222.; Balić-Žunić, T., Garavelli, A., Jakobsson, S. P., Jonasson, K., Katerinopoulos, A., Kyriakopoulos, K., & Acquafredda, P. (2016). Fumarolic minerals: An overview of active European volcanoes. In Updates in Volcanology-From Volcano Modelling To Volcano Geology. InTechOpen.

Saudi Arabia
Tabuk Region Midyan ⓘ Jabal Tawlah	[Waimirite-(Y)] Atencio, D., Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Ferron, J.T.M.M., Hoshino, M., Moriyama, T., Watanabe, Y., Miyawaki, R., Coutinho, J.M.V., Andrade, M.B., Domanik, K., Chukanov, N.V., Momma, K., Hirano, H., Tsunematsu, M. (2015): Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780.

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