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Mineralogical ClassificationGunterite & Hughesite

31st Aug 2011 09:09 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

http://www.uidaho.edu/sci/geology/newsandevents/geologynews/gunterite


Gunterite:

Na4(H2V10O28)22H2O

Sunday Mine in San Miguel, Colorado

Named after Mickey Gunter, outstanding optical mineralogist.


Hughesite:

formula not given
" rel="nofollow">http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=17018>

same mine

Named after John Hughes, professor of geology at the University of Vermont

31st Aug 2011 14:12 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager

For hughesite the formula is: Na3Al(V5+10O28)·22H2O.

31st Aug 2011 18:06 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Found also unit-cell data:

http://alldissertations.com/full.php?id=5109

4th Sep 2011 12:50 UTCHarald Oskar Folvik

Does anyone have an IMA number on those minerals??

4th Sep 2011 14:57 UTCRonald John Gyllenhammer Expert

Gunterite (IMA 2011-011)

Hughesite (IMA 2009-035a)

4th Sep 2011 18:21 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager

Gunterite is IMA 2011-001.

4th Sep 2011 19:20 UTCRonald John Gyllenhammer Expert

Hi Marco,

Sorry if I was incorrect on Gunterite as I used these references:


1) Kampf, A., Hughes, J., Marty, J., and Nash, B., 2011. Gunterite. IMA 2011-011. CNMNC Newsletter, Mineralogical Magazine, v. 75 (in press). http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:p6117Zrh8ZwJ:probelab.utah.edu/publications.html+Gunterite+is+IMA+2011-011&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us


2) Mineralienatlas http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?lang=en&language=english&mineral=IMA%202011-011


Ron

5th Sep 2011 00:48 UTCJim Ferraiolo

Unfortunately none of the 2011 approvals have been published yet (Thanks MinMag), but gunterite is 2011-001.

5th Sep 2011 03:13 UTCStuart Mills Manager

Yup, 001.

13th Sep 2011 16:35 UTCMaurizio Dini Expert

BTW

both specimens aren't yet loaded on mindat!


someone can do it?

thanks

maurizio dini

4th Feb 2012 20:25 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Done.
 
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