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Mineralogical ClassificationNew minerals and nomenclature approved by IMA CNMNC in April and May 2019
24th May 2019 13:19 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
IMA No. 2018-141
Andymcdonaldite
Fe2TeO6
Wildcat prospect, NW portion of the Detroit District, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Mati Raudsepp*, Mark F. Coolbaugh, John K. McCormack, Edith Czech and Rhy McMillan
*E-mail: mraudsepp@eoas.ubc.ca
Known synthetic analogue
Tetragonal: P42/mnm
a = 4.6222(9), c = 9.077(3) Å
4.538(12), 4.119(35), 3.268(100), 2.652(10), 2.531(58), 2.311(13), 1.707(48), 1.634(14)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. & Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20560, USA, catalogue number NMNH 177134
How to cite: Raudsepp, M., Coolbaugh, M.F., McCormack, J.K., Czech, E. and McMillan, R. (2019) Andymcdonaldite, IMA 2018-141. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-142
Aluminosugilite
KNa2Al2Li3Si12O30
Cerchiara mine, Faggiona, Borghetto Vara-Pignone,
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy (44°11’57”N, 9°42’1”E)
Mariko Nagashima*, Chihiro Fukuda, Takashi
Matsumoto, Teruyoshi Imaoka, Gianluca Odicino
and Gianluca Armellino
*E-mail: nagashim@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Osumilite group
Hexagonal: P6/mcc; structure determined
a = 9.9830(4), c = 13.9667(5) Å
4.32(100), 4.06(38), 3.67(14), 3.48(30), 3.18(92),
2.86(70), 2.71(18), 2.49(18)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the National Museum of Nature and
Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen numbers NSMMF-
16503
How to cite: Nagashima, M., Fukuda, C., Matsumoto,
T., Imaoka, T., Odicino, G. and Armellino, G. (2019)
Aluminosugilite, IMA 2018-142. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323-xxx.
IMA No. 2018-150
Siwaqaite
Ca6Al2(CrO4)3(OH)12·26H2O
North Siwaqa complex, Lisdan-Siwaqa Fault,
Hatrurim Complex, ca. 60 km S of Amman, Jordan
(31°24’15”N, 36°14’34”E)
Rafał Juroszek*, Biljana Krüger, Irina O. Galuskina,
Hannes Krüger, Yevgeny Vapnik and Evgeny V.
Galuskin
*E-mail: rjuroszek@us.edu.pl
The Cr analogue of ettringite
Trigonal: P31c; structure determined
a = 11.3640(2), c = 21.4485(2) Å
9.841(100), 5.682(65), 5.021(16), 4.709(38),
3.900(29), 3.280(17), 3.279(33), 2.224(16)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow
119071, Russia, registration number 5277/1
How to cite: Juroszek, R., Krüger, B., Galuskina,
I.O., Krüger, H., Vapnik, Y. and Galuskin, E.V.
(2019) Siwaqaite, IMA 2018-150. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-154
Luxembourgite
AgCuPbBi4Se8
Bivels, Luxembourg (49°57’8”N, 6°10’41”E)
Simon Philippo, Frédéric Hatert*, Yannick Bruni and
Pietro Vignola
*E-mail: fhatert@uliege.be
Isostructural with watkinsonite and litochlebite
Monoclinic: P21/m; structure determined
a = 13.002(1), b = 4.1543(3), c = 15.312(2) Å, β =
108.92(1)°
4.61(20), 3.59(20), 2.984(100), 2.425(20), 2.085(60),
1.916(20), 1.355(30), 1.188(30)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of
Luxembourg, Rue Münster 25, L-2560 Luxembourg,
Luxembourg, catalogue number FD040, and the
Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Liège,
Bâtiment B18, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium,
catalogue number 21302
How to cite: Philippo, S., Hatert, F., Bruni, Y. and
Vignola, P. (2019) Luxembourgite, IMA 2018-154.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-156
Tsikourasite
Mo3Ni2P1+x (x < 0.25)
Agios Stefanos mine, ca. 10 km S of the Domokos
village, Othrys ophiolite, Greece (39°4’59”N,
22°25’59”E)
Federica Zaccarini*, Luca Bindi, Elena Ifandi, Tassos
Grammatikopoulos, Chris J. Stanley, Giorgio Garuti
and Daniela Mauro
*E-mail: Federica.Zaccarini@unileoben.ac.at
Known synthetic analogue
Cubic: F 4 3m; structure determined
a = 10.8215(5) Å
2.705(20), 2.483(18), 2.209(65), 2.083(100),
1.913(32), 1.803(12), 1.275(26), 1.089(12)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale,
Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I-50121,
Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3296/I
How to cite: Zaccarini, F., Bindi, L., Ifandi, E.,
Grammatikopoulos, T., Stanley, C.J., Garuti, G. and
Mauro, D. (2019) Tsikourasite, IMA 2018-156.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-157
Laurentthomasite
Mg2K(Be2Al)Si12O30
40 km E of the village of Betroka, in a rural
area named Beravina, close to the small village of
Ambaro, Toliara province, Madagascar (23°21’0”S,
46°25’0”E)
Cristiano Ferraris*, Isabella Pignatelli, Fernando
Cámara, Sylvain Ponti, Martin Schreyer, Gian Carlo
Parodi and Fengxia Wei
*E-mail: ferraris@mnhn.fr
The Mg analogue of milarite
Hexagonal: P6/mcc; structure determined
a = 9.95343(6), c = 14.15583(8) Å
7.055(2), 4.965(6), 4.302(2), 4.064(8), 3.533(3),
3.171(10), 2.881(8), 2.372(4)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France,
catalogue numbers 218.1_a (holotype), 218.1_b and 218.1_c (cotypes)
How to cite: Ferraris, C., Pignatelli, I., Cámara, F., Ponti, S., Schreyer, M., Parodi, G.C. and Wei, F. (2019) Laurentthomasite, IMA 2018-157. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-158
Kahlenbergite
KAl11O17
Ca. 300 m NE of the Parsa Mt, Negev Desert, Hatrurim Basin, Israel (31°12.18’N, 36°15.31’E)
Biljana Krüger*, Evgeny V. Galuskin, Irina O. Galuskina, Hannes Krüger and Yevgeny Vapnik
*E-mail: biljana.krueger@uibk.ac.at
The K analogue of diaoyudaoite
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determined
a = 5.64860(6), c = 22.8970(3) Å
11.448(100), 5.724(15), 2.824(14), 2.719(34), 2.533(26), 2.059(12), 1.610(13), 1.412(19)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5295/1
How to cite: Krüger, B., Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Krüger, H. and Vapnik, Y. (2019) Kahlenbergite, IMA 2018-158. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-159
Scorticoite
Mn6(Sb☐)Σ2(SiO4)2O3(OH)3
Scortico Mn ore deposit, Fivizzano, Apuan Alps, Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy (44°07’39”N, 10°07’12”E)
Cristian Biagioni*, Elena Bonaccorsi, Anthony R. Kampf, Federica Zaccarini, Ulf Hålenius and Ferdinando Bosi
*E-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi.it
Welinite group
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 8.205(1), c = 4.774(1) Å
3.105(s), 2.858(s), 2.676(ms), 2.332(ms), 1.787(s), 1.685(m), 1.552(m)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci, Pisa, Italy, catalogue number 19908
How to cite: Biagioni, C., Bonaccorsi, E., Kampf, A.R., Zaccarini, F., Hålenius, U. and Bosi, F. (2019) Scorticoite, IMA 2018-159. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-160
Potassic-hastingsite
KCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Danailingou, Tongxing town, Keshiketeng Banner, Inner Mongolia, China (43°43’18”N, 117°34’37”E)
Guangming Ren*, Guowu Li, Jiaxin Shi, Xiangping Gu, Guang Fan, Apeng Yu, Qiuxiao Liu and Ganfu Shen
*E-mail: rguangming928@sina.com
Amphibole supergroup
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 9.9405(7), b = 18.256(2), c = 5.3501(3) Å, β = 105.117(5)°
8.504(100), 3.417(36), 3.155(63), 2.735(71), 2.623(35), 2.570(34), 2.365(29), 2.179(30)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Geological Museum of China, Beijing, China, catalogue number M13815
How to cite: Ren, G., Li, G., Shi, J., Gu, X., Fan, G.,Yu, A., Liu, Q. and Shen, G. (2019) Potassic-hastingsite, IMA 2018-160. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-161
Rumoiite
AuSn2
Minamichiyoda, Shosanbetsu village, Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan (44°31’21”N, 141°46’51”E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane* and Katsuyuki Saito
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Pbca
a = 6.905(2), b = 7.017(2), c = 11.797(3) Å
4.542(58), 3.774(48), 2.950(100), 2.711(52), 2.409(41), 2.244(56), 2.136(47), 2.123(65)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen number NSM-M46178 (holotype) and M46179 (cotype)
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Saito, K. (2019) Rumoiite, IMA 2018-161. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-162
Shosanbetsuite
Ag3Sn
Minamichiyoda, Shosanbetsu village, Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan (44°31’21”N, 141°46’51”E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane* and Katsuyuki Saito
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Pmmn
a = 5.998(5), b = 4.7736(9), c = 5.154(3) Å
2.592(10), 2.586(7), 2.389(30), 2.275(100), 2.267(85), 1.756(78), 1.356(73), 1.354(53)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen number NSM-M46178 (holotype) and M46179 (cotype)
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Saito, K. (2019) Shosanbetsuite, IMA 2018-162. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-165
Giacovazzoite
K5Fe3+3O(SO4)6·10H2O
Monte Arsiccio mine, Stazzema (LU), Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°58’N, 10°17’E)
Cristian Biagioni*, Luca Bindi, Daniela Mauro and Marco Pasero
*E-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi.it
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 9.4797(2), b = 18.4454(5), c = 18.0540(4) Å, β = 92.626(2)°
9.1(s), 8.2(vs), 4.15(mw), 4.02(mw), 3.442(m), 3.371(m), 3.005(m), 2.968(m)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci, Pisa, Italy, catalogue number 19896
How to cite: Biagioni, B., Bindi, L., Mauro, D. and Pasero, M. (2019) Giacovazzoite, IMA 2018-165. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-166
Pseudomeisserite-(NH4)
(NH4)2Na4[(UO2)2(SO4)5]·4H2O
Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33’26”N, 110°17’44”W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Travis A. Olds, Jakub Plášil, Barbara P. Nash and Joe Marty
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 13.1010(3), b = 10.0948(2), c = 19.494(1) Å, β = 104.285(7)°
12.69(76), 8.88(55), 6.83(84), 6.01(100), 4.593(51), 4.414(57), 3.959(67), 3.135(76)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 67621 and 67622
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Olds, T.A., Plášil, J., Nash, B.P. and Marty, J. (2019) Pseudomeisserite-(NH4), IMA 2018-166. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-167
Gobelinite
CoCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O
Cap Garonne mine (pillar 78b in the north mine), Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (43°4’53”N, 6°1’55”E – type locality); Schlänger und Eichert vein of the Eisenzecher Zug mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (50°49’9”N, 7°59’14”E – cotype locality)
Stuart J. Mills*, Uwe Kolitsch, Georges Favreau, William D. Birch, Valérie Galea-Clolus and Johannes Markus Henrich
*E-mail: smills@museum.vic.gov.au
The Co analogue of ktenasite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 5.599(1), b = 6.084(1), c = 23.676(5) Å, β = 95.22(3)°
11.870(100), 5.924(40), 4.883(10), 4.825(15), 3.946(15), 2.956(15), 2.663(20), 2.561(15)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of Geosciences, Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, registration number M54565 (Cap Garonne), and the Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria, registration number O 1045 (Eisenzecher Zug)
How to cite: Mills, S.J., Kolitsch, U., Favreau, G., Birch, W.D., Galea-Clolus, V. and Henrich, J.M. (2019) Gobelinite, IMA 2018-167. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2018-108a
Fluorapophyllite-(Cs)
CsCa4(Si8O20)F(H2O)8
Darai-Pioz glacier, Alai mountain range, Tien-Shan, Rashtskii district, Tajikistan (39°30’N, 70°40’E)
Atali A. Agakhanov, Leonid A. Pautov, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Elena Sokolova, Maxwell C. Day, Frank C. Hawthorne, Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Vyacheslav A. Muftakhov, Igor V. Pekov, Fernando Cámara Artigas and Sergey N. Britvin
*E-mail: atali99@mail.ru
Apophyllite group
Tetragonal: P4/nmc
a = 9.060(6), c = 15.741(11) Å
7.870(100), 3.935(100), 3.602(55), 2.974(84), 2.515(73), 2.486(71), 2.119(42), 2.030(45)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5280/1
How to cite: Agakhanov, A.A., Pautov, L.A., Kasatkin, A.V., Sokolova, E., Day, M.C., Hawthorne, F.C., Karpenko, V.Y., Muftakhov, V.A., Pekov, I.V., Cámara Artigas, F. and Britvin, S.N. (2019) Fluorapophyllite-(Cs), IMA 2018-108a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2019
IMA No. 2019-001
Smamite
Ca2Sb(OH)4[H(AsO4)2]·6H2O
Giftgrube mine, St. Jacques vein, Rauenthal, Sainte Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin province, France (48°13’28”N, 7°9’7”E)
Jakub Plášil*, Anthony R. Kampf, Nicolas Meisser, Cédric Lheur, Thierry Brunsperger and Radek Škoda
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
New structure type
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 6.8207(4), b = 8.0959(4), c = 8.2130(6) Å, α =
95.834(7), β = 110.762(8), γ = 104.012(7)°
7.56(41), 6.03(60), 5.66(47), 5.07(100), 3.992(43),
3.783(36), 2.858(51), 2.766(31)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Musée Cantonal de Géologie,
University of Lausanne, Anthropole, Dorigny, CH-
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, catalogue number MGL
093481 (holotype), 093482 and 093481 (cotypes),
and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
90007, USA, catalogue number 67169 (cotype)
How to cite: Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Meisser, N.,
Lheur, C., Brunsperger, T. and Škoda, R. (2019)
Smamite, IMA 2019-001. CNMNC Newsletter No.
49, June 2019, page xxx; Mineralogical Magazine,
83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2019-002
Caseyite
[(V5+O2)Al7.5(OH)15(H2O)13]2[H2V4+V5+9O28][V5+10O28]2·90H2O
West Sunday mine, Slick Rock district, San Miguel
Co., Colorado, USA (38°4’48.03”N,
108°49′18.07”W); Packrat mine, near Gateway, Mesa
Co., Colorado, USA (38°38’51.28”N,
109°2’49.77”W); Burro mine, Slick Rock district,
San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA (38°2’42”N,
108°53’23”W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Mark A. Cooper, John M.
Hughes, Barbara P. Nash, Joe Marty and Frank C.
Hawthorne
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 14.123(8), b = 31.00(1), c = 21.95(1) Å, β =
97.961(8)°
17.798(92), 15.499(100), 12.749(26), 12.620(33),
10.869(16), 9.332(11), 9.016(14), 8.899(43)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los
Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 73526
(Packrat – holotype), 73527 and 73528 (Packrat –
cotypes), 73529 (West Sunday – cotype), 73530 and
73531 (Burro – cotypes)
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Cooper, M.A., Hughes,
J.M., Nash, B.P., Marty, J. and Hawthorne, F.C.
(2019) Caseyite, IMA 2019-002. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2019-005
Langhofite
Pb2(OH)[WO4(OH)]
Långban deposit, Filipstad district, Värmland,
Sweden (59.85°N, 14.26°E, 215 m a.s.l.)
Dan Holtstam*, Fernando Cámara and Andreas Karlsson
*E-mail: dan.holtstam@nrm.se
New structure type
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 6.6118(3), b = 7.0748(4), c = 7.3264(4) Å, α =
118.125(6), β = 94.503(5), γ = 101.146(5)°
6.04(24), 3.330(17), 3.259(22), 3.181(19), 3.079(24),
3.016(100), 2.053(20), 2.050(18)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Department of Geosciences,
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007,
SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden, collection number
GEO-NRM 20030044
How to cite: Holtstam, D., Cámara, F. and Karlsson,
A. (2019) Langhofite, IMA 2019-005. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
IMA No. 2019-006
Magnanelliite
K3Fe3+2(SO4)4(OH)(H2O)2
Monte Arsiccio mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps,
Tuscany, Italy (43°58’N, 10°17’E)
Cristian Biagioni, Luca Bindi and Anthony R. Kampf
*E-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi.it
The Fe3+ analogue of alcaparrosaite
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 7.5491(3), b = 16.8652(6), c = 12.1574(4) Å, β = 94.064(1)°
6.9(m), 4.91(mw), 3.612(mw), 3.427(mw),
3.300(mw), 3.085(s), 3.006(m), 2.704(m)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale,
Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (Pisa, Italy),
catalogue number 19894 (holotype), and the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900
Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007,
USA, catalogue number 67241 (cotype)
How to cite: Biagioni, C., Bindi, L. and Kampf, A.R.
(2019) Magnanelliite, IMA 2019-006. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 49, June 2019, page xxx;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 323–328.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MARCH 2019
IMA 18-C: Redefinition of calumetite and discreditation of vondechenite
Proposal 18-C is accepted, and calumetite is redefined
from Cu(OH,Cl)2·2H2O to CaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O.
Vondechenite (IMA2016-65), identical to calumetite, is
consequently discredited.
IMA 18-I: Nomenclature of minerals of the rhodonite group
Proposal 18-I is accepted, and the rhodonite group is
established. Currently it consists of two mineral species
having the following end-member formulae: rhodonite,
M5CaM1-M3Mn3M4MnSi5O15, and ferrorhodonite M5CaM1-M3Mn3M4FeSi5O15.
IMA 19-A: Redefinition of tsugaruite
Proposal 19-A is accepted, and tsugaruite is redefined as a lead-arsenic chloro-sulfosalt, having ideal formula Pb28As15S50Cl.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN APRIL 2019
IMA 18-H: Redefinition of cadwaladerite and discreditation of lesukite
Proposal 18-H is accepted, demonstrating that cadwaladerite and lesukite are the same mineral species. Because cadwaladerite has historical precedence, it is recognized as a valid mineral species, whereas lesukite is discredited. Furthermore, the formula of cadwaladerite is redefined as Al5(H2O)3(OH)12·n(Cl,H2O).
IMA 18-K: Nomenclature and classification of the tetrahedrite group
Proposal 18-K on the tetrahedrite group is accepted. The general structural formula of minerals belonging to this group is M(2)A6M(1)(B4C2)Σ6X(3)D4S(1)Y12S(2)Z (Z = 2), where A = Cu+, Ag+, ☐; B = Cu+, Ag+; C = Zn2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, Cd2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Cu+, Fe3+; D = Sb3+, As3+, Bi3+, Te4+; Y = S2-, Se2-; and Z = S2-, Se2-, ☐. The tetrahedrite group is divided into five different series on the basis of the A, B, D, and Y constituents, i.e. the tetrahedrite, tennantite, freibergite, hakite, and giraudite series. The nature of the dominant C constituent is made explicit using a hyphenated suffix between parentheses. Eleven minerals belonging to the tetrahedrite group can be considered as valid species: argentotennantite-(Zn), argentotetrahedrite-(Fe), kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe), giraudite-(Zn), goldfieldite, hakite-(Hg), rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn), tennantite-(Fe), tennantite-(Zn), tetrahedrite-(Fe), and tetrahedrite-(Zn). Furthermore, annivite is formally discredited.
IMA 19-B: Establishment of the calcioferrite group
Proposal 19-B on the calcioferrite group is accepted. The general formula of minerals belonging to this group is Ca4AB4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O, and two subgroups are defined on the basis of the dominant cation at the B site: the calcioferrite subgroup (B = Fe3+: calcioferrite, zodacite), and the montgomeryite subgroup (B = Al: montgomeryite, kingsmountite, fanfaniite). Aniyunwiyaite is discredited as being kingsmountite, which is assigned a triclinic structure with an ideal formula changed to Ca3MnFeAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2019
Application of the IMA-CNMNC dominant-valency rule to complex mineral compositions
This is special proposal, coauthored by all the officers of the CNMNC and approved by the members of the Commission itself. It is aimed at solving possible troubles in the definition of the ideal end-member formula of a mineral, which may be crucial for the definition of new mineral species. The IMA-CNMNC recommends the use of the dominant-valency rule for mineral nomenclature, because it alone may lead to unambiguous mineral identification. However, the simple application of the dominant-valency rule may sometimes result in unbalanced end-member formulae, due to the occurrence of a coupled heterovalent substitution at two sites along with a heterovalent substitution at a single site. In these cases, it is recommended to use the site total charge approach to identify the dominant root-charge arrangement on which the dominant-constituent rule can be applied.
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You need to be logged in to view attachments.24th May 2019 13:29 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
That was overdue - glad someone did the work necessary for establishing a new nomenclature.
24th May 2019 15:49 UTCJeff Weissman Expert
24th May 2019 16:11 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
24th May 2019 17:15 UTCRichard Gunter Expert
26th May 2019 14:17 UTCŁukasz Kruszewski Expert
26th May 2019 14:56 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
26th May 2019 16:14 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
26th May 2019 16:26 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
Ca. 300 m NE of the Parsa Mt, Negev Desert, Hatrurim Basin, Israel (31°12.18’N, 35°15.31’E)
26th May 2019 16:35 UTCChester S. Lemanski, Jr.
26th May 2019 16:52 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
Welch, M.D., Stanley, C.J., Spratt, J., Mills, S.J. (2018): Rozhdestvenskayaite Ag10Zn2Sb4S13 and argentotetrahedrite Ag6Cu4(Fe2+,Zn)2Sb4S13: two Ag-dominant members of the tetrahedrite group. European Journal of Mineralogy 30, 1163-1172.
clarified the role of the Z-site occupancy.
26th May 2019 19:39 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
The TL for Laurentthomasite is located in the Tsaraitso commune in the Betroka district.
26th May 2019 19:57 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
26th May 2019 20:21 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager
On the 'Unnamed (Al-dominant analog of Sugilite)- page go to edit.
Under Entry type: change from "Mineral/compound" to "Synonym". Wait a second, and under the new field that pops up, "Synonym of" write in: Aluminosugilite. Then save.
26th May 2019 20:43 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
26th May 2019 21:28 UTCFrank Keutsch Expert
Freibergite could be different as it has only 12 sulfur due to Ag-Ag bonds, I think, so perhaps not part of this. Paper will show and I like forward to reading it...
26th May 2019 21:55 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
They need to get approval first (you're thinking of the Mn-dominant fahlore, I guess?).
26th May 2019 21:55 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
This can be done only manually by copy-paste.
26th May 2019 22:12 UTCFrank Keutsch Expert
Frank
26th May 2019 22:17 UTCFrank Keutsch Expert
26th May 2019 22:25 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
EDIT: done... copied over analytical data from old entry to new entry, deleted old entry from N'Chwaning III locality page, and cleared cache to properly populate updated locality in the new entry.
26th May 2019 22:55 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
Not now. What should have been done is the Unnamed (Al-dominant analog of Sugilite) page should have been edited and renamed to the new mineral name, rather than a new page being added for it. But because that wasn't done right all the data have to be moved manually and then deleted from the old page, which actually should probably be entirely deleted at some point. An 'Unnamed' Entry isn't a synonym. It's a holder for something that doesn't have a name. When the name appears, it should be replaced.
26th May 2019 22:56 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
26th May 2019 23:16 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
I think the original issue here was that when the new aluminosugilite page was created, the creator (Knut?) didn't know that a previous page for the unnamed mineral existed. I think it's easy to miss those sorts of things because it isn't always clear that an "unnamed" mineral is indeed equivalent to what gets later named... it's always possible a new mineral is similar to but not identical to an already listed unnamed mineral, so it'll always take a little bit of hunting around to ensure only a true duplicate is replaced.
EDIT: in any case, it's safe to delete "unnamed (Al-dominant analog of sugilite)" as now everything (analytical data, old references, comments, etc.) have now all been transferred to the new aluminosugilite page. I don't know how to delete a mineral page.
27th May 2019 06:58 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager
27th May 2019 07:06 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
27th May 2019 09:01 UTCMarco E. Ciriotti Manager
At today sugilite from Cerchiara deserve a (?).
27th May 2019 10:28 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
27th May 2019 10:30 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
I'll leave demoting sugilite at Cerchiara up to you.
I have question for you about the mentioned kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)... would its end-member formula be: (Ag4◻2)Cu4Fe2+2Sb4S12◻
27th May 2019 10:32 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
they referred to it as "Al-rich, Fe-poor manganoan sugilite..." in the title.
15th Jul 2019 10:25 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
Proposal 18-I is accepted, and the rhodonite group is
established. Currently it consists of two mineral species
having the following end-member formulae: rhodonite,
M5CaM1-M3Mn3M4MnSi5O15, and ferrorhodonite M5CaM1-M3Mn3M4FeSi5O15."
There is some contradiction with the latest IMA list (July 2019; http://cnmnc.main.jp/) which still has the simplified rhodonite formula MnSiO3.
15th Jul 2019 10:31 UTCFrank K. Mazdab 🌟 Manager
I hope you don't mind, but I superscripted and subscripted the formulas in your post to make them easier to read.
15th Jul 2019 10:34 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
15th Jul 2019 10:35 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
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