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Mineralogical ClassificationNew minerals approved by IMA CNMNC in May-August 2011
6th Oct 2011 09:34 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
IMA No. 2011-007
Kazanskyite
BaNa3Ti2Nb(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4
Kirovskii mine, Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny
alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Fernando Ca´mara*, Elena Sokolova and Frank
C. Hawthorne
*E-mail: fernando.camaraartigas@unito.it
New structure type
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 5.4260(9), b = 7.135(1), c = 25.514(4) A ˚ ,
alpha = 98.172(4), beta = 90.916(4), gamma = 89.964(3)º
4.288(44), 3.938(70), 3.127(39), 2.955(32),
2.895(33), 2.813(100), 2.149(82), 2.128(44)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue
number 4103/1
How to cite: Ca´mara, F., Sokolova, E. and
Hawthorne, F.C. (2011) Kazanskyite, IMA
2011-007. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2549;
IMA No. 2011-008
Manganoquadratite
AgMnAsS3
Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon
district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru
Paola Bonazzi, Luca Bindi* and Frank N.
Keutsch
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
Mn-dominant analogue of quadratite
Tetragonal: P4322; structure determined
a = 5.4496(5), c = 32.949(1) A ˚
3.154(77), 2.746(52), 2.725(100), 2.716(13),
1.934(53), 1.927(27), 1.644(28), 1.577(21)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di
Mineralogia e Litologia, Universita` di Firenze,
Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3108/I
How to cite: Bonazzi, P., Bindi, L. and Keutsch,
F.N. (2011) Manganoquadratite, IMA 2011-008.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page
2550;
IMA No. 2011-009
Menchettiite
Pb5Mn3Ag2Sb6As4S24
Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon
district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru
Luca Bindi*, Paola Bonazzi and Frank N.
Keutsch
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
Member of the ramdohrite-lillianite series
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 19.233(2), b = 12.633(3), c = 8.476(2) A ˚ , beta
= 90.08(2)º
3.407(39), 3.403(39), 3.285(100), 2.859(26),
2.854(49), 2.852(47), 2.707(24), 2.119(33)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di
Mineralogia e Litologia, Universita` di Firenze,
Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3109/I
How to cite: Bindi, L., Bonazzi, P. and Keutsch,
F.N. (2011) Menchettiite, IMA 2011-009.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2550;
IMA No. 2011-010
Lucabindiite
(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)
La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian archipelago,
Italy
Anna Garavelli*, Donatella Mitolo, Daniela
Pinto and Filippo Vurro
*E-mail: a.garavelli@geomin.uniba.it
Natural analogue of known synthetic phases
Hexagonal: P6/mmm; structure determined
a = 5.2386(7), c = 9.014(2) A ˚
4.537(30), 4.507(52), 3.197(100), 2.619(67),
2.265(19), 1.974(28), 1.603(20), 1.485(21)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museum ‘‘C.L. Garavelli’’ in the
Dipartimento Geomineralogico, Universita`
degli Studi di Bari ‘‘Aldo Moro’’, Italy, sample
number 11/nm-V28
How to cite: Garavelli, A., Mitolo, D., Pinto, D.
and Vurro, F. (2011) Lucabindiite, IMA 2011-
010. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2550;
IMA No. 2011-011
Oxy-schorl
Na(Fe2+
2 Al)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3O
Prˇibyslavice, near Kutna´ Hora, Central Bohemia
Region, Czech Republic, and the Marianna adit,
Zlata´ Idka, Kosˇice, Slovakia
Peter Bacˇı´k*, Jan Cempı´rek, Pavel Uher, Daniel
Ozdı´n, Jan Filip, Milan Nova´k, Radek Sˇ koda,
Karel Breiter, Mariana Klementova´ and Rudolf
Dˇud’a
*E-mail: bacikp@fns.uniba.sk
Tourmaline group
Trigonal: R3m; structure determined
a = 15.9853(12), c = 7.1538(6) A ˚
6.364(74), 4.978(28), 4.225(48), 4.000(52),
3.466(100), 2.955(79), 2.583(65), 2.042(31)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography,
Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic,
specimen numbers B10521 and B10522, the
East-Slovak Museum, Natural History Division,
Kosˇice, Slovakia, specimen number G-12760,
and the Department of Mineralogy and
Petrology, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia,
specimen number 7279
How to cite: Bacˇı´k, P., Cempı´rek, J., Uher, P.,
Ozdı´n, D., Filip, J., Nova´k, M., Sˇ koda, R.,
Breiter, K., Klementova´, M. and Dˇ ud’a, R.
(2011) Oxy-schorl, IMA 2011-011. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2550;
IMA No. 2011-014
Anorpiment
As2S3
Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru
Anthony R. Kampf*, Robert T. Downs, Robert
M. Housley, Robert A. Jenkins, Jaroslav Hyrsˇl
and Gerald V. Gibbs
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Dimorph of orpiment
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 5.7577(2), b = 8.7169(3), c = 10.2682(7) A ˚ ,
alpha = 78.152(7), beta = 75.817(7), gamma = 89.861(6)º
4.867(97), 4.519(77), 3.702(46), 3.609(82),
2.880(75), 2.552(100), 2.469(96), 1.817(42)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, catalogue numbers 63514 and 63544n
and the Mineral Museum of the University of
Arizona, catalogue number 19326
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Downs, R.T.,
Housley, R.M., Jenkins, R.A., Hyrsˇl, J. and
Gibbs, G.V. (2011) Anorpiment, IMA 2011-
014. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2551;
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JUNE 2011
IMA No. 2011-012
Zavalı´aite
(Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)3(PO4)2
La Empleada, a granitic pegmatite in the
Pringles Department, San Luis Province,
Argentina (32º53’38’’S 65º55’50’’W)
Fre´de´ric Hatert*, Encarnacio´n Roda-Robles,
Philippe de Parseval and Johan Wouters
*E-mail: fhatert@ulg.ac.be
Sarcopside group
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.088(1), b = 4.814(1), c = 10.484(2) A ˚ ,
beta = 89.42(3)o
6.75(58), 3.54(100), 2.964(38), 2.816(81),
2.537(20), 1.894(6), 1.848(20), 1.652(27)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of
Lie`ge, catalogue number 20384
How to cite: Hatert, F., Roda-Robles, E., de
Parseval, P. and Wouters, J. (2011) Zavalı´aite,
IMA 2011-012. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2551;
IMA No. 2011-013
Telluromandarinoite
Fe3+2Te3O9·6H2O
Wendy open pit, Tambo mine, El Indio-Tambo
mining property, Coquimbo Province, Chile
Malcolm E. Back*, Joel D. Grice, B. Darko
Sturman, Mark A. Cooper, Robert A. Gault and
Phillip C. Walford
*E-mail: malcolmb@rom.on.ca
Te analogue of mandarinoite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 16.9356(5), b = 7.8955(3), c = 10.1678(3) A ˚ ,
beta = 98.006(1)o
8.431(44), 7.153(100), 5.034(11), 3.575(41),
3.463(21), 2.996(34), 2.826(19), 2.624(11)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, catalogue number M56017
How to cite: Back, M.E., Grice, J.D., Darko
Sturman, B., Cooper, M.A., Gault, R.A. and
Walford, P.C. (2011) Telluromandarinoite, IMA
2011-013. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October
2011, page 2551;
IMA No. 2011-015
Karenwebberite
Na(Fe2+,Mn2+)PO4
Malpensata dike, Piona pegmatite swarm,
Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
(46º07’20’’N 9º19’33’’E)
Pietro Vignola, Fre´de´ ric Hatert*, Andre´-
Mathieu Fransolet, Olaf Medenbach, Valeria
Diella and Sergio Ando’
*E-mail: fhatert@ulg.ac.be
Triphylite group
Orthorhombic: Pbnm; structure determined
a = 4.882(1), b = 10.387(2), c = 6.091(1) A ˚
4.867(97), 4.519(77), 3.702(46), 3.609(82),
2.880(75), 2.552(100), 2.469(96), 1.817(42)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of
Lie`ge, Belgium, catalogue number 20385
How to cite: Vignola, P., Hatert, F., Fransolet,
A.-M., Medenbach, O., Diella, V, and Ando’, S.
(2011) Karenwebberite, IMA 2011-015.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2551;
IMA No. 2011-016
Shulamitite
Ca3TiFe3+AlO8
Negev Desert, Hatrurim Basin, Israel
(31º12’45’’N 35º14’43’’E)
V.V. Sharygin*, B. Lazic, T. Armbruster, M.N.
Murashko, R. Wirth, I.O. Galuskina, E.V.
Galuskin and Y. Vapnik
*E-mail: sharygin@igm.nsc.ru
Intermediate member of the pseudobinary
perovskite-brownmillerite series
Orthorhombic: Pmma; structure determined
a = 5.4200(6), b = 11.064(1), c = 5.5383(7) A ˚
2.71(50), 2.68(100), 1.940(80), 1.842(50),
1.582(50), 1.559(50), 1.337(50), 1.170(60)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Mineralogical Museum of St Petersburg
State University, St Petersburg, Russia, catalogue
number 1/19465, and the Central Siberian
Geological Museum of the V.S. Sobolev
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy,
Novosibirsk, Russia, catalogue number VII-87/1
How to cite: Sharygin, V.V., Lazic, B.,
Armbruster, T., Murashko, M.N., Wirth, R.,
Galuskina, I.O., Galuskin, E.V. and Vapnik, Y.
(2011) Shulamitite, IMA 2011-016. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2552;
IMA No. 2011-017
Terrywallaceite
AgPb(Sb,Bi)3S6
Level 390, Vein 14, Mina Herminia, Julcani
Mining District, Huancavelica, Peru
Hexiong Yang*, William W. Pinch, Robert T.
Downs and Stanley H. Evans
*E-mail: hyang@u.arizona.edu
Isostructural with gustavite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.9764(4), b = 19.3507(10), c = 8.3870(4) A ˚ ,
beta = 107.519(2)º
3.939(18), 3.680(23), 3.369(100), 3.010(33),
2.911(58), 2.080(26), 2.043(20), 1.950(22)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Mineral Museum of the University of
Arizona, catalogue number 19304, and the
RRUFF project, deposition number R100007
How to cite: Yang, H., Pinch, W.W., Downs,
R.T. and Evans, S.H. (2011) Terrywallaceite,
IMA 2011-017. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2552;
IMA No. 2011-018
Tazzoliite
Ba4xNaxTi2Nb3SiO17x(OH)(12x)
(04x40.5)
Monte delle Basse, Euganei Hills, Galzignano
Terme, Padova, Veneto, Italy
F. Ca´mara*, F. Nestola, A. Guastoni, F. Zorzi,
L. Bindi and D. Pedron
*E-mail: fernando.camaraartigas@unito.it
New structure type related to pyrochlore
Orthorhombic: Fmmm; structure determined
a = 7.4116(3), b = 20.0632(8), c = 21.4402(8) A ˚
3.66(60), 3.16(30), 3.05(100), 2.979(25),
2.835(50), 1.854(25), 1.822(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museo di Mineralogia di Padova, Padova,
Italy, registration number 9426
How to cite: Ca´mara, F., Nestola, F., Guastoni,
A., Zorzi, F., Bindi, L. and Pedron, D. (2011)
Tazzoliite, IMA 2011-018. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 10, October 2011, page 2552;
IMA No. 2011-019
Davinciite
Na12K3Ca6Fe2+3Zr3(Si26O73OH)Cl2
Khibiny alkaline massif, Mount Rasvumchorr,
Kola Peninsula, Russia
A.P. Khomyakov*, G.N. Nechelyustov, R.K.
Rastsvetaeva and K.A. Rozenberg
*E-mail: noomineral@gmail.com
Eudialyte group
Trigonal: R3m; structure determined
a = 14.292(1), c = 30.027(5) A ˚
6.415(54), 5.720(36), 4.309(66), 3.207(63),
3.162(43), 2.981(100), 2.860(96), 2.595(37)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue
number 3846
How to cite: Khomyakov, A.P., Nechelyustov,
G.N., Rastsvetaeva, R.K. and Rozenberg, K.A.
(2011) Davinciite, IMA 2011-019. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2552;
IMA No. 2011-020
Vladkrivovichevite
Cl14(BO3)8·2H2O
Kombat mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Namibia
Oleg I. Siidra*, Rick W. Turner, Sergey V.
Krivovichev, Mike S. Rumsey, Chris J. Stanley
and John Spratt
*E-mail: siidra@mail.ru
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Pmmn; structure determined
a = 12.759(1), b = 27.169(4), c = 11.515(1) A ˚
3.707(49), 2.860(100), 2.733(84), 2.075(32),
1.677(20), 1.648(23), 1.601(32), 1.595(28)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum in London,
catalogue number BM2010, 101
How to cite: Siidra, O.I., Turner, R.W.,
Krivovichev, S.V., Rumsey, M.S., Stanley, C.J.
and Spratt, J. (2011) Vladkrivovichevite, IMA
2011-020. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October
2011, page 2553;
IMA No. 2011-021
Lileyite
Ba2(Na,Fe,Ca)3MgTi2(Si2O7)2O2F2
Lo¨ hley, U¨ dersdorf, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-
Palatinate, Germany
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva,
Igor V. Pekov, Sergey M. Aksenov, Aleksandr
E. Zadov, Gu¨nter Blab, Willi Schu¨ ller and
Bernd Ternes
*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
Lamprophyllite group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 19.905(1), b = 7.0976(3), c = 5.4051(3) A ˚ , beta
= 96.349(5)o
3.749(45), 3.464(76), 3.045(37), 2.884(36),
2.792(100), 2.672(54), 2.624(43), 2.140(55)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4106/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva,
R.K., Pekov, I.V., Aksenov, S.M., Zadov, A.E.,
Blab, G., Schu¨ ller, W. and Ternes, B. (2011)
Lileyite, IMA 2011-021. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 10, October 2011, page 2553;
IMA No. 2011-022
Eltyubyuite
Ca12Fe3+
10Si4O32Cl6
Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Kabardino-
Balkaria, North Caucasus, Russia (43º17’N
43º6’E)
E.V. Galuskin*, R. Bailau, I.O. Galuskina, A.K.
Prusik, V.M. Gazeev, A.E. Zadov, N.N. Pertsev,
L. Jez˙ak, A.G. Gurbanov and L. Dubrovinsky
*E-mail: evgeny.galuskin@us.edu.pl
Related to wadalite
Cubic: I4¯ 3d
a = 12.20(3) A ˚
4.981(30), 3.261(13), 3.050(49), 2.728(100),
2.490(62), 2.227(13), 1.692(28), 1.630(40)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, cataloge
numbers 4027/1 and 4027/2
How to cite: Galuskin, E.V., Bailau, R.,
Galuskina, I.O., Prusik, A.K., Gazeev, V.M.,
Zadov, A.E., Pertsev, N.N., Jez˙ ak, L.,
Gurbanov, A.G. and Dubrovinsky, L. (2011)
Eltyubyuite, IMA 2011-022. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2553;
IMA No. 2011-023
Ehimeite
NaCa2Mg4(Cr,Al)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
Mount Higashi-Akaishiyama, Besshiyama,
Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
(33º52’30’’N 133º22’30’’E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane*, Masayuki Ohnishi,
Tetsuo Minakawa, Junichi Yamaura, Shohei
Saito and Ryo Kadota
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Amphibole group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 9.9176(1), b = 18.0057(2), c = 5.2865(1) A ˚ ,
beta = 105.395(1)o
3.369(58), 2.932(43), 2.697(81), 2.585(50),
2.546(100), 2.346(42), 2.156(35), 1.514(55)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo, Japan, specimen number NSM M-41160
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D., Ohnishi, M.,
Minakawa, T., Yamaura, J., Saito, S. and
Kadota, R. (2011) Ehimeite, IMA 2011-023.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page
2553;
IMA No. 2011-024
Alcaparrosaite
K3Ti4+Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)2
Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa,
Antofagasta, Chile (approximately 22º39’S
69º10’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M.
Housley and Maurizio Dini
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 7.5594(1), b = 16.7923(3), c = 12.1783(9) A ˚ ,
beta = 94.076(7)º
6.907(41), 3.628(34), 3.320(32), 3.096(100),
3.000(40), 2.704(38), 1.928(30), 1.841(31)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue
numbers 63519 63520 and 63521
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Housley,
R.M. and Dini, M. (2011) Alcaparrosaite, IMA
2011-024. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October
2011, page 2553;
IMA No. 2011-025
Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S
Be(Fe,Mg,Zn)3Al8O16
Xianghualing ore field, Linwu County, Hunan
Province, China (112o34’E 25o28’N)
Zhuming Yang*, Kuishou Ding, Jeffrey de
Fourestier, Qian Mao and He Li
*E-mail: yangzhm@mail.igcas.ac.cn
Taaffeite group
Hexagonal: P63mc
a = 5.706(8), c = 18.352(3) A ˚
2.86(80), 2.60(90), 2.43(100), 2.05(70),
1.595(70), 1.473(80), 1.425(90)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museum of the Institute of Geology and
Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, registration number KDX017
How to cite: Zhuming, Y., Kuishou, D., de
Fourestier, J., Qian, M. and He, L. (2011)
Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S, IMA 2011-025. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2554;
IMA No. 2011-026
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore
(Ca,Na,U,☐)2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH)
Maoniuping rare earth deposit, Mianning
County, Sichuan Province, China
Yang Guangming, Li Guowu*, Xiong Ming,
Pan Baoming and Yan Chenjie
*E-mail: liguowu@126.com
Pyrochlore group
Cubic: Fd3m; structure determined
a = 10.381(4) A ˚
2.966(100), 2.569(18), 1.814(34), 1.546(21),
1.480(5), 1.282(5), 1.178(5), 1.148(4)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the China University of Geosciences, Beijng,
China, catalogue number M595-22
How to cite: Yang, G., Li, G., Xiong, M., Pan,
B. and Yan, C. (2011) Hydroxycalciopyrochlore,
IMA 2011-026. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 10, October 2011, page 2554;
IMA No. 2011-027
Hereroite
(AsO4)2<(Si,As,V,Mo>O4)2Cl10
Kombat mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Namibia
Rick W. Turner*, Oleg I. Siidra, Mike S.
Rumsey, Sergey V. Krivovichev, Chris J.
Stanley and John Spratt
*E-mail: rturner@imbuia-holdings.com
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 23.139(4), b = 22.684(4), c = 12.389(2) A ˚ ,
beta = 102.090(3)°
3.901(21), 3.516(23), 2.982(100), 2.837(47),
1.986(24), 1.758(14), 1.641(24), 1.598(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum in London,
catalogue number BM2010,101
How to cite: Turner, R.W., Siidra, O.I., Rumsey,
M.S., Krivovichev, S.V., Stanley, C.J. and Spratt,
J. (2011) Hereroite, IMA 2011-027. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2554;
IMA No. 2011-028
Bassoite
SrV3O7·4H2O
Molinello mine, Val Graveglia, eastern Liguria,
northern Apennines, Italy
Luca Bindi, Cristina Carbone*, Roberto Cabella
and Gabriella Lucchetti
*E-mail: carbone@dipteris.unige.it
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/m; structure determined
a = 5.313(3), b = 10.495(3), c = 8.568(4) A ˚ ,
beta = 91.14(5)º
8.566(100), 6.636(14), 4.475(26), 3.440(14),
3.405(17), 2.834(15), 2.656(15), 1.867(16)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e
delle sue Risorse, Universita` di Genova, Italy,
catalogue number M0480
How to cite: Bindi, L., Carbone, C., Cabella, R.
and Lucchetti, G. (2011) Bassoite, IMA 2011-
028. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2554;
IMA No. 2011-029
Oscarkempffite
Ag10Pb4(Sb17Bi9)26S48
264 level, Colorada vein, Animas mine,
Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur
Chichas, Bolivia
Dan Topa*, Emil Makovicky, Werner H. Paar,
Chris J. Stanley and Andy C. Roberts
*E-mail: dan.topa@sbg.ac.at
Lillianite homologue N = 4
Orthorhombic: Pnca; structure determined
a = 13.199(2), b = 19.332(3), c = 8.294(1) A ˚
3.354(100), 2.988(40), 2.889(80), 2.263(40),
2.066(60), 1.766(50)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Department of Materials Engineering and
Physics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg,
Austria, specimen number 15000, and the
Natural History Museum, London, United
Kingdom, specimen number BM 20, 3
How to cite: Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Paar,
W.H., Stanley, C.J. and Roberts, A.C. (2011)
Oscarkempffite, IMA 2011-029. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2555;
IMA No. 2011-030
Hizenite-(Y)
Ca2Y6(CO3)11·14H2O
Higashimatsuura basalt, Mitsukoshi, Karatsu,
Saga Prefecture, Japan (33º24’N 129º51’E)
Yasuhiro Takai* and Seiichiro Uehara
*E-mail: takai@kyudai.jp
Tengerite group
Orthorhombic: space group unknown
a = 6.295(1), b = 9.089(2), c = 63.49(1) A ˚
15.57(20), 10.63(100), 6.384(77), 3.962(51),
3.821(27), 2.946(9), 2.445(16), 2.060(23)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and
Human History, Kitakyushu, Japan, registration
number KMNHM000001
How to cite: Takai, Y. and Uehara, S. (2011)
Hizenite-(Y), IMA 2011-030. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2555;
IMA No. 2011-031
Rhabdophane-(Y)
YPO4·H2O
Genkai, Higashi-Matsuura, Saga Prefecture,
Japan (33º28’N 129º54’E)
Yasuhiro Takai* and Seiichiro Uehara
*E-mail: takai@kyudai.jp
Rhabdophane group
Hexagonal: P6222
a = 6.959(2), c = 6.384(2) A ˚
6.026(76), 4.385(47), 3.480(44), 3.013(77),
2.821(100), 2.144(19), 2.127(28), 1.854(26)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and
Human History, Kitakyushu, Japan, registered
number KMNHM000002
How to cite: Takai, Y. and Uehara, S. (2011)
Rhabdophane-(Y), IMA 2011-031. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2555;
IMA No. 2011-032
Gu¨nterblassite
(K,Ca,Ba,Na,☐)3Fe<(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4>·7H2O
Mount Rother Kopf, Roth, Eifel Mountains,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva,
Sergey M. Aksenov, Igor V. Pekov, Natalia V.
Zubkova, Sergey N. Britvin, Dmitriy I.
Belakovsky, Willi Schu¨ ller and Bernd Ternes
*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Pnm21; structure determined
a = 6.528(1), b = 6.970(1), c = 37.216(5) A ˚
6.523(100), 6.263(67), 3.244(49), 3.062(91),
2.996(66), 2.955(63), 2.853(51), 2.763(60)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4107/1
How to cite: Nikita V. Chukanov, N.V.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Aksenov, S.M., Pekov,
I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Bri t v i n , S.N.,
Belakovsky, D.I., Schu¨ ller, W. and Ternes, B.
(2011) Gu¨ nterblassite, IMA 2011-032. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2555;
IMA No. 2011-033
Natrotitanite
Ti(SiO4)O
Verkhnee Espe deposit, Akjailyautas mountains,
Eastern-Kazakhstan district, Kazakhstan
(48°03’48°10’N 81°26’81°29’E)
A.V. Stepanov, G.K. Bekenova, V.L. Levin and
F.C. Hawthorne*
*E-mail: frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca
Titanite group
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 6.5691(2), b = 8.6869(3), c = 7.0924(2) A ˚ , beta
= 114.1269(4)o
4.941(30), 3.248(80), 2.994(60), 2.597(100),
2.273(30), 2.067(20), 1.641(40), 1.498(30)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Geological Scientific Museum of the
Satpaev Institute of Geological Sciences, registration
number 3010
How to cite: Stepanov, A.V., Bekenova, G.K.,
Levin, V.L. and Hawthorne, F.C. (2011)
Natrotitanite, IMA 2011-033. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2555;
IMA No. 2011-034
Betpakdalite-CaMg
3 O36(OH)>
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Anthony R. Kampf* and Stuart J. Mills
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Betpakdalite group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 19.5336(7), b = 11.0637(4),
c = 15.2559(11) A ˚ , beta = 131.528(9)º
11.568(25), 8.971(100), 7.341(34), 3.656(33),
3.143(26), 2.965(44), 2.817(35), 2.662(31)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue
numbers 63327 and 63328
How to cite: Kampf, A.R. and Mills, S.J. (2011)
Betpakdalite-CaMg, IMA 2011-034. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2556;
IMA No. 2011-035
Ferrikaersutite
NaCa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti)(Al2Si6O22)O2
Deeti volcanic cone, Gregory rift, Tanzania
Anatoly N. Zaitsev*, Evgeniya Y. Avdontseva,
Sergey N. Britvin, Attila Deme´ny, Zolta´n
Homonnay, Teresa Jeffries, Jo¨ rg Keller,
Vladimir G. Krivovichev, Gregor Markl,
Natalia V. Platonova, Oleg I. Siidra and John
Spratt
*E-mail: burbankite@gmail.com
Amphibole group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 9.8837(3), b = 18.0662(6), c = 5.3107(2) A ˚ ,
beta = 105.278(1)o
3.383(62), 3.281(30), 2.708(97), 2.596(75),
2.555(100), 2.162(36), 1.585(39), 1.521(48)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Mineralogical Museum, Department of
Mineralogy, St Petersburg State University, St
Petersburg, Russia, catalogue number 1/19465
How to cite: Zaitsev, A.N., Avdontseva, E.Y.,
Britvin, S.N., Deme´ny, A., Homonnay, Z.,
Jeffries, T., Keller, J., Krivovichev, V.G.,
Markl, G., Platonova, N.V., Siidra, O.I. and
Spratt, J. (2011) Ferrikaersutite, IMA 2011-035.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page
2556;
IMA No. 2011-036
Jakobssonite
CaAlF5
Eldfell volcano , Heimaey island ,
Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, Iceland; also
from Hekla
Toncˇi Balic´-Zˇ unic´*, Anna Garavelli, Donatella
Mitolo, Pasquale Acquafredda and Erik
Leonardsen
*E-mail: toncib@snm.ku.dk
Known synthetic compound
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 8.601(1), b = 6.2903(6), c = 7.2190(7) A ˚ ,
beta = 114.61(1)o
4.91(18), 3.92(76), 3.15(68), 3.13(100),
2.270(22), 1.957(21), 1.814(20), 1.805(22)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Icelandic Institute of Natural History,
Reykjavı´k, Iceland, sample number NI 12256
(Eldfell). A cotype sample has the number NI
15511 (Hekla)
How to cite: Balic´-Zˇ unic´, T., Garavelli, A.,
Mitolo, D., Acquafredda, P. and Leonardsen, E.
(2011) Jakobssonite, IMA 2011-036. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2556;
IMA No. 2011-037
Hielscherite
Ca3Si(SO4)(SO3)(OH)6·11H2O
Graulay, Hillesheim, Eifel Mountains,
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Igor V. Pekov*, Nikita V. Chukanov, Yuriy K.
Kabalov, Sergey N. Britvin, Jo¨rg Go¨ ttlicher,
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Aleksandr E. Zadov,
Sergey V. Krivovichev, Willi Schu¨ ller and
Bernd Ternes
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Ettringite group
Hexagonal: P63
a = 11.1178(2), c = 10.5381(2) A ˚
9.62(100), 5.551(50), 4.616(37), 3.823(64),
3.436(25), 2.742(38), 2.528(37), 2.180(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4093/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V.,
Kabalov, Y.K., Britvin, S.N., Go¨ ttlicher, J.,
Yapaskurt, V.O., Zadov, A.E., Krivovichev,
S.V., Schu¨ ller, W. and Ternes, B. (2011)
Hielscherite, IMA 2011-037. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2556;
IMA No. 2011-038
Kottenheimite
Ca3Si(SO4)2(OH)6·12H2O
Etteringer Bellerberg, Mayen, Laacher See
region, Eastern Eifel area, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey N. Britvin,
Aleksandr E. Zadov, and Konstantin V. Van
*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
Ettringite group
Hexagonal: P63/m
a = 11.1548(3), c = 10.5702(3) A ˚
9.72(100), 5.590(69), 4.645(26), 3.840(54),
3.455(21), 2.751(34), 2.536(27), 2.185(30)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4102/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Britvin, S.N.,
Zadov, A.E. and Van, K.V. (2011)
Kottenheimite, IMA 2011-038. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2557;
IMA No. 2011-039
Mendozavilite-NaCu
3 O34(OH)3>
Lomas Bayas mine, 93km ENE of Antofagasta,
Antofagasta Province, Chile (23º25’40’’S
69º30’41’’W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Stuart J. Mills, Joseph J.
Pluth, Ian M. Steele and Robert A. Jenkins
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Betpakdalite group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 18.9984(16), b = 10.9296(7), c =
15.0818(12) A ˚ , beta = 129.906(2)º
8.841(100), 7.330(37), 3.676(17), 3.132(19),
3.007(25), 2.932(21), 2.743(20), 1.769(22)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, catalogue numbers 60483, 60484,
60485 and 60486
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Pluth, J.J.,
Steele, I.M. and Jenkins, R.A. (2011)
Mendozavilite-NaCu, IMA 2011-039. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2557;
IMA No. 2011-040
Kra´snoite
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O
Huber open pit, Kra´sno ore district, Hornı´
Slavkov, Slavkovsky´ Les Mountains, Czech
Republic (50º07’22’’N 12º48’2’’E), and the
Silver Coin mine, Iron Point district, Humboldt
County, Nevada, USA (40º55’44’ ’N
117º19’26’’W)
Stuart J. Mills*, Jirˇı´ Sejkora, Anthony R.
Kampf, Ian E. Grey, Timothy J. Bastow, Neil
A. Ball, Paul M. Adams, Mati Raudsepp and
Mark A. Cooper
*E-mail: smills@museum.vic.gov.au
F-analogue of perhamite
Trigonal: P3¯ m1
a = 6.9956(4), c = 20.200(2) A ˚
20.186(97), 6.736(100), 5.800(67), 3.496(60),
2.873(87), 2.763(73), 2.104(75), 1.748(64)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Mineral Sciences Department, Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
Angeles, California, USA, catalogue numbers
62372 and 62373 (Silver Coin), and the
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology,
National Museum Prague, Praha, Czech
Republic, catalogue number P1P 2/2011
(Kra´sno)
How to cite: Mills, S.J., Sejkora, J., Kampf,
A.R., Grey, I.E., Bastow, T.J., Ball, N.A.,
Adams, P.M., Raudsepp, M. and Cooper, M.A.
(2011) Kra´snoite, IMA 2011-040. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2557;
IMA No. 2011-041
Steklite
KAl(SO4)2
Yadovitaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano,
Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-
Eastern Region, Russia (55º41’N 160º14’E)
Mikhail N. Murashko, Igor V. Pekov*, Sergey
V. Krivovichev, Anastasiya P. Chernyatieva,
Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt and Aleksandr E. Zadov
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
K-analogue of godovikovite
Trigonal: P321; structure determined
a = 4.7281(3), c = 7.9936(5) A ˚
8.02(34), 4.085(11), 3.649(100), 2.861(51),
2.660(19), 2.364(25), 2.267(14), 1.822(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, registration
number 4109/1
How to cite: Murashko, M.N., Pekov, I.V.,
Krivovichev, S.V., Chernyatieva, A.P.,
Yapaskurt, V.O. and Zadov, A.E. (2011)
Steklite, IMA 2011-041. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 10, October 2011, page 2558;
IMA No. 2010-085a
Shimazakiite
Ca2B2xO53x(OH)3x (x = 00.06)
Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (43º46’N
133º26’E)
Isao Kusachi*, Shoichi Kobayashi, Yasushi
Takechi, Yoshihiro Nakamuta, Toshiro
Nagase, Kazumi Yokoyama, Ritsuro
Miyawaki, Masako Shigeoka and Satoshi
Matsubara
*E-mail: michikusa509@image.ocn.ne.jp
New structure type
Monoclinic: P2, P2/m, Pm, P21 or P21/m
a = 3.532(3), b = 6.354(2), c = 19.275(9) A ˚ , beta =
91.30(8)º
6.03(27), 3.84(30), 3.02(84), 2.92(100),
2.84(27), 2.81(56), 2.76(32), 1.880(32)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo, Japan, registered number NSM-M41025
How to cite: Kusachi, I., Kobayashi, S.,
Takechi, Y., Nakamuta, Y., Nagase, T.,
Yokoyama, K., Miyawaki, R., Shigeoka M.
and Matsubara, S. (2011) Shimazakiite, IMA
2010-085a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2558;
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JULY 2011
IMA No. 2011-042
Adolfpateraite
K(UO2)(SO4)(OH)(H2O)
Geschieber vein, 5th level of the Svornost
(Einigkeit) shaft, Ja´chymov (St Joachimsthal)
ore district, western Bohemia, Czech Republic
Jakub Pla´sˇil*, Karla Fejfarova´ , Frantisˇek
Veselovsky´ , Jan Hlousˇek, Radek Sˇ koda, Milan
Nova´k, Jirˇı´ Cˇ ejka, Jirˇı´ Sejkora and Petr Ondrusˇ
*E-mail: jakub.plasil@krist.unibe.ch
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 8.0462(1), b = 7.9256(1), c = 11.3206(2) A ˚ ,
beta = 107.726(2)o
7.658(76), 6.381(91), 5.386(100), 5.218(85),
3.718(46), 3.700(37), 3.489(27), 2.747(17)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology of
the National Museum in Prague, Prague, Czech
Republic, catalogue number: P1P 3/2011
How to cite: Pla´ sˇ il, J., Fejfarova´ , K.,
Veselovsky´ , F., Hlousˇek, J., Sˇ koda, R., Nova´k,
M., Cˇ ejka, J., Sejkora, J. and Ondrusˇ, P. (2011)
Adolfpateraite, IMA 2011-042. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2558;
IMA No. 2011-043
Miyahisaite
(Sr,Ca)2Ba3(PO4)3F
Shitaharai mine, Saiki City, Ohita Prefecture,
Kyushu, Japan
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane*, Yukikazu Ogoshi
and Tetsuo Minakawa
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Apatite group
Hexagonal: P63/m
a = 9.921(2), c = 7.469(3) A ˚
3.427(16), 3.248(22), 2.981(100), 2.865(21),
1.976(23), 1.874(16), 1.870(15), 1.864(17)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the National Museum of Nature and Science,
Tokyo, Japan, specimen number NSM M-41299
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D., Ogoshi, Y. and
Minakawa, T. (2011) Miyahisaite, IMA 2011-
043. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2558;
IMA No. 2011-044
Krasheninnikovite
KNa2CaMg(SO4)3F
Second scoria cone, Tolbachik volcano,
Kamchatka peninsula, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-
Eastern Region, Russia (55º41’N 160º14’E)
Igor V. Pekov*, Michael E. Zelenski, Natalia V.
Zubkova, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Yuriy K.
Kabalov, Nikita V. Chukanov, Vasiliy O.
Yapaskurt, Aleksandr E. Zadov and Dmitry Y.
Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
Hexagonal: P63/mcm; structure determined
a = 16.630(2), c = 6.882(1) A ˚
4.284(23), 3.610(23), 3.566(17), 3.459(41),
3.153(100), 3.117(21), 2.660(39), 2.085(19)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4112/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zelenski, M.E.,
Zubkova, N.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Kabalov,
Y.K., Chukanov, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Zadov,
A.E. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2011)
Krasheninnikovite, IMA 2011-044. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2559;
IMA No. 2011-045
Kasatkinite
Ba2Ca8B5Si8O32(OH)3·6H2O
Bazhenovskoe chrysotile asbestos deposit,
Asbest, Central Urals, Russia
Igor V. Pekov*, Nikita V. Chukanov, Yaroslav
E. Filinchuk, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Natalia N.
Kononkova, Sergey G. Epanchintsev, Peter
Kaden, Andrea Kutzer and Jo¨rg Go¨ ttlicher
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c, P2/c or Pc
a = 5.74(2), b = 7.234(8), c = 20.81(2) A ˚ , beta =
90.70(12)o
5.89(24), 3.48(23), 3.36(24), 3.009(100),
2.925(65), 2.633(33), 2.116(29)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 4129/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V.,.
Filinchuk, Y.E., Zadov, A.E., Kononkova, N.N.,
Epanchintsev, S.G., Kaden, P., Kutzer, A. and
Go¨ ttlicher, J. (2011) Kasatkinite, IMA 2011-
045. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2559;
IMA No. 2011-046
Obradovicite-NaNa
Chuquicamata mine, Antofagasta, Chile
Anthony R. Kampf*, Stuart J. Mills, William D.
Birch and Maurizio Dini
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Betpakdalite group
Orthorhombic: Pnmb; structure determined
a = 14.8866(11), b = 11.0880(2),
c = 15.0560(3) A ˚
10.641(43), 8.954(100), 7.487(21), 3.716(15),
2.987(18), 2.906(29), 2.602(16)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, catalogue numbers 63313 and 63314
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Birch,
W.D. and Dini, M. (2011) Obradovicite-NaNa,
IMA 2011-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2559;
IMA No. 2011-047
Tsilaisite
NaMn2+
3 Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH
Grotta d’Oggi, San Pietro in Campo, Elba, Italy
Ferdinando Bosi*, Henrik Skogby, Eugenio
Scandale and Giovanna Agros
*E-mail: ferdinando.bosi@uniroma1.it
Tourmaline supergroup
Trigonal: R3m; structure determined
a = 15.9461(5), c = 7.1380(3) A ˚
6.329(22), 4.205(41), 3.974(100), 3.452(71),
2.942(94), 2.570(79), 2.377(21), 2.034(49)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museo di Scienze della Terra, settore
Mineralogico Pertografico ‘‘Carlo Lorenzo
Garavelli’’, Campus Universitario, Bari, Italy,
catalogue number 12/nm
How to cite: Bosi, F., Skogby, H., Scandale, E.
and Agros, G. (2011) Tsilaisite, IMA 2011-047.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page
2559;
IMA No. 2011-048
Fassinaite
Pb2(CO3)(S2O3)
Trentini mine, Mount Naro, Torrebelvicino,
Vicenza, Italy
Luca Bindi*, Fabrizio Nestola, Alessandro
Guastoni, Federico Zorzi and Lutz Nasdala
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 16.320(2), b = 8.7616(6), c = 4.5809(7) A ˚
4.410(39), 4.381(59), 4.080(64), 3.504(75),
3.108(100), 2.986(82), 2.952(49), 2.736(60)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Museum of Mineralogy of the Department
of Geosciences at the University of Padova,
Padova, Italy, catalogue number MMP M10008
How to cite: Bindi, L., Nestola, F., Guastoni, A.,
Zorzi, F. and Nasdala, L. (2011) Fassinaite,
IMA 2011-048. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10,
October 2011, page 2559;
IMA No. 2011-049
Ianbruceite
Zn2O(H2O)3.53
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Mark A. Cooper, Yassir Abdu, Neil Ball,
Malcolm Back, Frank C. Hawthorne* and Kim
Tait
*E-mail: frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 11.793(2), b = 9.1138(14), c = 6.8265(10) A ˚ ,
beta = 103.859(9)o
11.28(100), 3.755(9), 3.186(14), 3.120(12),
2.947(16), 2.845(5), 2.819(8), 2.682(8)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Department of Natural History, Royal
Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
catalogue number M53150
How to cite: Cooper, M.A., Abdu, Y., Ball, N.,
Back, M., Hawthorne, F.C. and Tait, K. (2011)
Ianbruceite, IMA 2011-049. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2560;
IMA No. 2011-050
Aklimaite
Ca4(OH)4·5H2O
Mount Lakargi, Kabardino-Balkaria, North
Caucasus, Russia (43º17’N 43º6.42’E)
Aleksandr E. Zadov, Igor V. Pekov*, Viktor M.
Gazeev, Natalia V. Zubkova, Vasiliy O.
Yapaskurt, Nikita V. Chukanov, Pavel M.
Kartashov, Evgeny V. Galuskin, Irina O.
Galuskina, Nikolay N. Pertsev, Anatoly G.
Gurbanov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 16.907(5), b = 3.6528(8), c = 13.068(4) A ˚ ,
beta = 117.25(4)°
11.64(100), 8.30(10), 4.349(9), 3.073(20),
2.948(32), 2.901(11), 2.576(10), 2.320(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, registration
number 4113/1
How to cite: Zadov, A.E., Pekov*, I.V., Gazeev,
V.M., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V.O.,
Chukanov, N.V., Kartashov, P.M.,. Galuskin,
E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Pertsev, N.N., Gurbanov,
A.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2011)
Aklimai t e , IMA 2011-050. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2560;
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN AUGUST 2011
IMA No. 2011-051
Reynoldsite
Pb2Mn4+2O5(CrO4)
Blue Bell claims, San Bernardino County,
California, USA (35º14’31’’N 116º12’17’’W),
and the Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania,
Australia (41º53’22’’S 145º25’51’’E)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M.
Housley, Ralph S. Bottrill and Uwe Kolitsch
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 5.0278(7), b = 7.5865(11),
c = 10.2808(15) A ˚ , alpha = 91.968(12),
beta = 99.405(12), gamma = 109.159(10)o
3.427(52), 3.254(85), 3.052(100), 2.923(40),
2.502(47), 1.982(42), 1.769(36), 1.637(36)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, California, USA, catalogue
numbers 63559, 63560 and 63561 (Blue
Bell claims) and 63562 (Red Lead mine)
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Housley,
R.M., Bottrill, R.S. and Kolitsch, U. (2011)
Reynoldsite, IMA 2011-051. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2560;
IMA No. 2011-052
Vladykinite
Na3Sr4(Fe2+Fe3+)Si8O24
Murun alkaline complex, Mount Maly Murun,
southwestern Yakutia, eastern Siberia, Russia
(58o22’48’’N 119o03’44’’E)
Anton R. Chakhmouradian*, Mark A. Cooper,
Neil Ball, Luca Medici, Yassir Abdu and Anton
A. Antonov
*E-mail: chakhmou@cc.umanitoba.ca
Structurally related to members of the nordite
group
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 5.2138(1), b = 7.9143(2), c = 26.0888(7) A ˚ ,
beta = 90.3556(7)o
4.290(30), 3.612(58), 3.339(30), 3.146(37),
2.957(100), 2.826(100), 2.604(28), 2.470(32)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
catalogue number M7853
How to cite: Chakhmouradian, A.R., Cooper,
M.A., Ball, N., Medici, L., Abdu, Y. and
Antonov, A.A. (2011) Vladykinite, IMA 2011-
052. CNMNC Newsletter No. 10, October 2011,
page 2561;
IMA No. 2011-053
Davidlloydite
Zn3(AsO4)2·4H2O
Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Mark A. Cooper, Neil Ball, Yassir Abdu,
Malcolm Back, Kim Tait and Frank C.
Hawthorne*
*E-mail: frank_hawthorne@umanitoba.ca
As analogue of parahopeite
Triclinic: P1¯ ; structure determined
a = 5.9756(4), b = 7.6002(5), c = 5.4471(4) A ˚ ,
alpha = 84.2892(9), beta = 90.4920(9), gamma = 87.9958(9)º
7.526(71), 5.409(37), 4.620(100), 3.635(30),
3.253(40), 2.974(49), 2.810(37), 2.701(39)
Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Department of Natural History, Royal
Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
catalogue number M56120
How to cite: Cooper, M.A., Ball, N., Abdu, Y.,
Back, M., Tait, K. and Hawthorne, F.C. (2011)
Davidlloydite, IMA 2011-053. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 10, October 2011, page 2561;
6th Oct 2011 14:00 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
6th Oct 2011 14:37 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
It is one of the few species named by a locality which is not the type locality...
6th Oct 2011 17:26 UTCErik Vercammen Expert
6th Oct 2011 21:53 UTCFrank Keutsch Expert
Frank
6th Oct 2011 22:02 UTCLefteris Rantos Expert
Lefteris.
7th Oct 2011 14:28 UTCJim Ferraiolo
So I think it's status is "approved" rather than "redefined".
7th Oct 2011 21:18 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
13th Feb 2012 11:39 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
Hawthorne, F.C., Cooper, M.A., Abdu, Y.A., Ball, N.A., Back, M.E., Tait, K.T. (2012): Davidlloydite, ideally Zn3(AsO4)2(H2O)4, a new arsenate mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) region, Namibia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 45-57.
Davidlloydite, ideally Zn3(AsO4)2(H2O)4, is a new supergene mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) region, Namibia. It occurs as elongated prisms (~10:1 length-to-width ratio) that are flattened on {010}, and up to 100 × 20 × 10 μm in size. The crystals occur as aggregates (up to 500 μm across) of subparallel to slightly diverging prisms lying partly on and partly embedded in fine-grained calcioandyrobertsite. Crystals are prismatic along <001> and flattened on {010}, and show the forms {010} dominant and {100} subsidiary. Davidlloydite is colourless with a white streak and a vitreous lustre; it does not fluoresce under ultraviolet light. The cleavage is distinct on {010}, and no parting or twinning was observed. The Mohs hardness is 3–4. Davidlloydite is brittle with an irregular to hackly fracture. The calculated density is 3.661 g cm −3. Optical properties were measured with a Bloss spindle stage for the wavelength 590 nm using a gel filter. The indices of refraction are α = 1.671, β = 1.687, γ = 1.695, all ±0.002; the calculated birefringence is 0.024; 2Vobs = 65.4(6)°, 2Vcalc = 70°; the dispersion is r < v, weak; pleochroism was not observed. Davidlloydite is triclinic, space group P-1, with a = 5.9756(4), b = 7.6002(5), c = 5.4471(4) Å, α = 84.2892(9), β = 90.4920(9), γ = 87.9958(9)°, V = 245.99(5) Å3, Z = 1 and a:b:c = 0.7861:1:0.7167. The seven strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are as follows: 4.620, 100, (011, 1İ10); 7.526, 71, (010); 2.974, 49, (200, 022İ); 3.253, 40, (021, 120); 2.701, 39, (2İ10, 002, 1İ2İ1); 5.409, 37, (001); 2.810, 37, (210). Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave As2O5 43.03, ZnO 37.95, CuO 5.65, H2O(calc) 13.27, sum 99.90 wt.%. The H2O content and the valence state of As were determined by crystal structure analysis. On the basis of 12 anions with H2O = 4 a.p.f.u., the empirical formula is (Zn2.53Cu0.39)Σ2.92As2.03O8(H2O)4.
The crystal structure of davidlloydite was solved by direct methods and refined to an R1 index of 1.51% based on 1422 unique observed reflections collected on a three-circle rotating-anode (MoKα radiation) diffractometer equipped with multilayer optics and an APEX-II detector. In the structure of davidlloydite, sheets of corner-sharing (As5+O4) and (ZnO4) tetrahedra are linked by ZnO2(H2O)4 octahedra. The structure is related to that of parahopeite.
13th Feb 2012 13:53 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
A. V. Stepanov, G. K. Bekenova, V. L. Levin and F. C. Hawthorne (2012): Natrotitanite, ideally (Na0.5Y0.5)Ti(SiO4)O, a new mineral from the Verkhnee Espe deposit, Akjailyautas mountains, Eastern Kazakhstan district, Kazakhstan: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 37-44.
Natrotitanite, ideally (Na0.5Y0.5)Ti(SiO4)O, is a new mineral from the Verkhnee Espe rare-element deposit at the northern exo-contact of the Akjailyautas granite massif in the northern part of the Tarbagatai mountain range, Eastern Kazakhstan. Both the mineral and the name have been approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA 2010-033). Star-shaped aggregates of small short prisms of yellow or yellowish white (Na,Y,REE)-bearing titanite rimmed by thin (~2 μm) rims of natrotitanite are embedded in yttrium-bearing fluorite and replace narsarsukite. Associated minerals are microcline, albite, quartz, riebeckite, aegirine, biotite, astrophyllite, rutile, zircon and elpidite. Natrotitanite is milky white to yellowish grey, transparent to translucent, and has a white streak and a vitreous lustre. It shows pale orange cathodoluminescence but does not fluoresce under ultraviolet light. It shows no cleavage or parting, and is brittle; the calculated density is 3.833 g cm−3. The indices of refraction, measured with the Bloss spindle stage for the wavelength 590 nm using a gel filter, are α = 1.904, γ = 2.030, and these values are in accord with the mean refractive index, 1.988, calculated from the Gladstone-Dale relation. Natrotitanite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 6.5691(2), b = 8.6869(3), c = 7.0924(2) Å, β = 114.1269(4)°, V = 369.4(2) Å3, Z = 4, a:b:c = 0.7562:1: 0.8164. The seven strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are as follows: 2.597, 10, (130); 3.248, 8, (112İ); 2.994, 6, (200); 1.641, 4, (330); 4.941, 3, (110); 1.498, 3, (400); 2.273, 3, (113İ), Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave Nb2O5 1.28, SiO2 27.83, TiO2 35.00, SnO2 0.57, V2O3 0.36, Fe2O3 0.23, Y2O3 7.87, Ce2O3 0.83, Sm2O3 0.26, Gd2O3 0.46, Tb2O3 0.17, Dy2O3 2.45, Ho2O3 0.16, Er2O3 2.24, Tm2O3 0.50, Yb2O3 2.53, Nd2O3 0.35, Lu2O3 0.28, MnO 0.33, CaO 8.16, Na2O 5.55, F 1.52 O≡F –0.64, sum 98.71 wt.%. The resulting empirical formula is (Na0.39Ca0.32Y0.15Dy0.03Yb0.03 Er0.03Ce0.01Ho0.01Tm0.01Gd0.01Nd0.01)Σ 1.00(Ti0.95Nb0.02Sn0.01 Mn0.01V0.01)Σ 1.01Si1.01O4.00(O0.83F0.17), calculated on the basis of 3 cations per formula unit. The general formula is written as (Na,Ca,Y,REE)TiSiO4(O,F), and the endmember formula is (Na0.5Y0.5)Ti(SiO4)O.
The crystal structure of a composite optically continuous crystal of natrotitanite and (Na, Y)-bearing titanite was mounted on a Bruker D8 three-circle diffractometer equipped with a rotating anode generator (MoKα radiation), a multi-layer optics incident-beam path and an APEX-II CCD detector. The crystal structure was refined in space group C2/c to a final R1 index of 1.8%. Natrotitanite is isostructural with titanite, (Na + Y + REE) replacing Ca at the Ca site in the titanite structure.
15th Apr 2012 22:30 UTCElmar Lackner Expert
(IMA2011-024, approved in June 2011)
Best regards
Elmar
19th Apr 2012 19:22 UTCElmar Lackner Expert
19th Apr 2012 22:41 UTCMaurizio Dini Expert
I guess it was just due to mindat manager busy issues:)-D, and probably it has been overlooked!(td)
maurizio dini
30th May 2012 13:03 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert
3rd Jul 2012 08:43 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
3rd Jul 2012 19:29 UTCNicolas Francfort
I don't know if is the right place, but if anyone has time to add some more mineral, here are those who missing on our favorite website (if i check good :-P ):
Wopmayite 2011-093
Kangite 2011-092
Piemontite-(Pb) 2011-087
Zaccariniite 20110-086
Starovaite 2011-085
Ekplexite 2011-082
Laptevite-(Ce) 2011-081
Hillesheimite 2011-080
Disulfodadsonite 2011-076
Vigrishinite 2011-073
Ferrovalleriite 2011-068
D’ansite-(Fe) 2011-065
D’ansite-(Mn) 2011-064
Leonardsenite 2011-059
Mariinskite 2011-057
Protochabournéite 2011-054
Erikapohlite 2010-090
Galloplumbogummite 2010-088
Dymkovite 2010-087
Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S 2010-084
Billwiseite 2010-053
Törnroosite 2010-043
Rauchite 2010-037
Barlowite 2010-020
Ferhodsite 2009-056
Obradovicite-NaCu 2011-079
Betpakdalite-NaNa 2011-078
The last two is in mindat but as hypotetical mineral
4th Jul 2012 13:38 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
All new species approved according to the September-october 2011 list are now entered in the database. The minerals ( those which are not yet entered) from the nov-dec 2011 list will follow in due time.
4th Jul 2012 20:38 UTCNicolas Francfort
29th Nov 2012 09:27 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
VICTOR V. SHARYGIN, BILJANA LAZIC, THOMAS M. ARMBRUSTER, MIKHAIL N. MURASHKO, RICHARD WIRTH, IRINA O. GALUSKINA, EVGENY V. GALUSKIN, YEVGENY VAPNIK, SERGEY N. BRITVIN and ALLA M. LOGVINOVA
Shulamitite Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 – a new perovskite-related mineral from Hatrurim Basin, Israel. EJM (fast track)
Shulamitite, ideally Ca3TiFe3+AlO8, is a mineral intermediate between perovskite CaTiO3 and brownmillerite Ca2(Fe,Al)2O5. It was discovered as a major mineral in a high-temperature larnite-mayenite rock from the Hatrurim Basin, Israel. Shulamitite is associated with larnite, F-rich mayenite, Cr-containing spinel, ye’elimite, fluorapatite, and magnesioferrite, and retrograde phases (portlandite, hematite, hillebrandite, afwillite, foshagite and katoite). The mineral forms reddish brown subhedral grains or prismatic platelets up to 200 µm and intergrowths up to 500 µm. The empirical formula of the holotype shulamitite (mean of 73 analyses) is (Ca2.992Sr0.007LREE0.007)(Ti0.981Zr0.014Nb0.001)(Fe3+0.947Mg0.022Cr0.012Fe2+0.012Mn0.001)(Al0.658Fe3+0.288Si0.054)O8. The X-ray diffraction powder-pattern (MoKα-radiation) shows the strongest lines {d <Å>(Iobs)} at: 2.677(100), 2.755(40), 1.940(40), 11.12(19), 1.585(17), 1.842(16), 1.559(16), 3.89 (13), 1.527(13). The unit-cell parameters and space group are: a = 5.4200(6), b = 11.064(1), c = 5.5383(7)Å, V=332.12(1) Å3, Pmma, Z=2. The calculated density is 3.84 g/cm3. The crystal structure of shulamitite has been refined from X-ray single-crystal data to R1 = 0.029 %. No partitioning among octahedral sites was found for Ti and Fe3+ in the structure of shulamitite, these cations are randomly distributed among all octahedra indicating an example of "valency-imposed double site occupancy". The strong bands in the Raman spectrum of shulamitite are at: 238, 250, 388, 561, and 742 cm-1. Shulamitite from the Hatrurim Basin crystallized under combustion metamorphism conditions characterized by very high temperatures (1150–1170 °C) and low pressures (high-T-region of the spurrite-merwinite facies). Chemical data for shulamitite and its Fe-analog from other metacarbonate occurrences (natural and anthropoogenic) are given here.
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