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Chemical formula
Type locality
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Relationship to other minerals
Crystal system, Space group; Structure determined, yes or no
Unit-cell parameters
Strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern
Type specimen repository and specimen number
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NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN AUGUST 2020
IMA No. 2020-014
Katsarosite
Zn(C2O4)⋅2H2O
Esperanza Mine, Lavrion District Mines, Attikí Prefecture, Greece (37°43’31”N, 24°01’56”E)
Branko Rieck*, Gerald Giester, Christian Lengauer and Lutz Nasdala
*E-mail: [email protected]
The Zn analogue of humboldtine
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 11.768(3), b = 5.388(1), c = 9.804(2) Å, β = 127.045(8)°
4.768(94), 4.703(37), 4.674(100), 3.927(33), 3.569(27), 2.953(51), 2.657(22), 2.556(14)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie der Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Wien, Austria, catalogue number HS13.977 (holotype), and the Mineralogical Museum of Lavrio, Andrea Kordella Ave., 19500 Lavrio, Greece, catalogue number T3201 (cotype)
How to cite: Rieck, B., Giester, G., Lengauer, C. and Nasdala, L. (2020) Katsarosite, IMA 2020-014. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-022
Bahariyaite
KMnO4
In the western edge of the Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (28°02’31”N, 28°36’59”E)
Hassan M. Helmy*, Harald J. Euler, Frank Tomaschek, Chris Ballhaus and Hans Henning Friedrich
*E-mail: [email protected]
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 9.1186(6), b = 5.7224(6), c = 7.4332(5) Å
4.533(24), 3.714(35), 3.565(100), 3.215(77), 2.947(41), 2.860(27), 2.179(26), 2.176(18)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115 Bonn, Germany, catalogue number 40651
How to cite: Helmy, H.M., Euler, H.J., Tomaschek, F., Ballhaus, C. and Friedrich, H.H. (2020) Bahariyaite, IMA 2020-022. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-033
Hasanovite
KNa(MoO2)(SO4)2
Near to Ravat kishlak (village), Fan-Jagnob lignite basin, Kuhi-Malik area, Tajikistan (39°11’02”N, 68°35’11”E)
Mirak A. Mirakov, Leonid A. Pautov, Oleg I. Siidra*, Saimudasir Makhmadsharif, Vladimir Y. Karpenko and Pavel Y. Plechov
*E-mail: [email protected]
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 9.6225(2), b = 11.4049(3), c = 8.1421(2) Å, β = 99.179(1)°
6.57(48), 4.34(75), 3.64(100), 3.44(58), 3.34(74), 3.20(63), 2.879(73), 2.729(50)
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 5568/1
How to cite: Mirakov, M.A., Pautov, L.A., Siidra, O.I., Makhmadsharif, S., Karpenko, V.Y. and Plechov, P.Y. (2020) Hasanovite, IMA 2020-033. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-034
Hrabákite
Ni9PbSbS8
At the mine dump of the shaft No. 9 - Jerusalem, Příbram ore district, central Bohemia, Czech Republic (49°40’12.806”N, 14°01’48.102”E)
Jiří Sejkora*, Pavel Škácha, Jakub Plášil, Zdeněk Dolníček and Jana Ulmanová
*E-mail: [email protected]
Hauchecornite group
Tetragonal: P4/mmm; structure determined
a = 7.3085(4), c = 5.3969(3) Å
3.654(57), 3.268(68), 2.796(100), 2.392(87), 2.311(78), 1.866(74), 1.808(71), 1.723(52)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum in Prague, Cirkusová 1740, 19300 Praha 9, Czech Republic, catalogue number P1P 30/2020, and the Mining Museum Příbram, Hynka Kličky Place 293, 26101 Příbram VI – Březové Hory, Czech Republic, catalogue number 1/2020
How to cite: Sejkora, J., Škácha, P., Plášil, J., Dolníček, Z. and Ulmanová, J. (2020) Hrabákite, IMA 2020-034. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-035
Manganobadalovite
NaNaMn(MgFe3+)(AsO4)3
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41’N, 160°14’E, 1200 m asl)
Natalia N. Koshlyakova*, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Sergey N. Britvin, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: [email protected]
Alluaudite supergroup
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 12.1848(5), b = 12.8924(4), c = 6.6970(3) Å, β = 113.113(5)°
6.43(30), 3.589(32), 3.215(38), 3.079(23), 2.941(32), 2.788(100), 2.649(22), 2.626(25)
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 5487/1
How to cite: Koshlyakova, N.N., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Britvin, S.N., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2020) Manganobadalovite, IMA 2020-035. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-037
Bojarite
Cu3(N3C2H2)3(OH)Cl2⋅6H2O
In a guano deposit, northern slope of Pabellón de Pica Mountain, 1.5 km S of Chanabaya village, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile (22°55’S, 70°08’W)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Gerhard Möhn, Natalia V. Zubkova, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Igor V. Pekov, Atali A. Agakhanov, Sergey N. Britvin and Joy Desor
*E-mail: [email protected]
New structure type
Cubic: Fd $\overline 3$c; structure determined
a = 24.8047(5) Å
8.83(31), 7.19(100), 6.23(35), 5.077(28), 4.194(28), 4.143(40), 3.584(23), 2.865(28)
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 5574/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Möhn, G., Zubkova, N.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Pekov, I.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Britvin, S.N. and Desor, J. (2020) Bojarite, IMA 2020-037. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-039
Panskyite
Pd9Ag2Pb2S4
Southern Kievey Fedorovo-Pana layered intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Russia (67°29’05”N, 35°35’02”E)
Anna Vymazalová*, Viktor V. Subbotin, František Laufek, Yevgeny E. Savchenko, Chris J. Stanley, Dmitriy A. Gabov and Jakub Plášil
*E-mail: [email protected]
The Pb analogue of thalhammerite
Tetragonal: I4/mmm
a = 7.98, c = 9.14 Å
2.826(50), 2.404(100), 2.320(72), 2.288(44), 2.212(24), 1.998(67), 1.505(28), 1.218(25)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, U.K., catalogue number BM2020,2
How to cite: Vymazalová, A., Subbotin, V.V., Laufek, F., Savchenko, Y.E., Stanley, C.J., Gabov, D.A. and Plášil, J. (2020) Panskyite, IMA 2020-039. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-042
Thunderbayite
TlAg3Au3Sb7S6
Hemlo gold deposit, ca. 35 km E of Marathon, Ontario, Canada (48°41’41”N, 85°54’13”W)
Luca Bindi* and Andrew C. Roberts
*E-mail: [email protected]
Chemically related to criddleite
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.088(3), b = 7.854(3), c = 20.078(8) Å, α = 92.52(3), β = 93.71(3), γ = 90.15(4)°
5.63(30), 4.04(100), 3.92(80), 3.60(30), 3.53(30), 2.815(50), 2.727(40), 2.566(45)
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 46582/G
How to cite: Bindi, L. and Roberts, A.C. (2020) Thunderbayite, IMA 2020-042. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER 2020
IMA No. 2020-045
Kufahrite
PtPb
Ledyanoy Creek placer, Galmoenan Massif, Koryak Highlands, Kamchatka, Russia (61°00’N, 166°05’E)
Evgeniy G. Sidorov, Anton V. Kutyrev*, Elena S. Zhitova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Elena I. Sandimirova, Anna Vymazalova and Valery M. Chubarov
*E-mail: [email protected]
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P63/mmc
a = 4.2492(6), c = 5.486(6) Å
3.052(80), 2.197(00), 2.125(28), 1.747(18), 1.528(35), 1.350(14), 1.240(18), 0.958(22)
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 5576/1
How to cite: Sidorov, E.G., Kutyrev, A.V., Zhitova, E.S., Agakhanov, A.A., Sandimirova, E.I., Vymazalova, A. and Chubarov, V.M. (2020) Kufahrite, IMA 2020-045. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-046
Airdite
Airdite Sr(V4+O)2(PO4)2⋅4H2O
In the dumps of the Spring Creek copper mine, 10 km S of Wilmington, South Australia, Australia (32°43’52”S, 138°07’37”E)
Peter Elliott* and Anthony R. Kampf
*E-mail: [email protected]
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: Cc; structure determined
a = 9.006(2), b = 8.991(2), c = 12.796(3) Å, β = 100.25(3)°
6.362(75), 4.294(24), 3.183(100), 3.011(78), 2.833(20), 2.786(30), 2.017(54), 1.588(33)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G34890
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2020) Airdite, IMA 2020-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-047
Auerbakhite
MnTl2As2S5
Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, ca. 13 km S of the city of Krasnoturinsk, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Northern Urals, Russia (59°65’29”N, 60°21’33”E)
Anatoly V. Kasatkin*, Jakub Plášil, Emil Makovicky, Nikita V. Chukanov, Radek Škoda, Atali A. Agakhanov and Sergey Y. Stepanov
*E-mail: [email protected]
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Cmce; structure determined
a = 15.328(1), b = 7.662(7), c = 16.633(1) Å
6.337(22), 5.636(14), 3.831(34), 3.480(33), 3.374(100), 2.993(62), 2.576(19), 2.532(18)
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 5579/1
How to cite: Kasatkin, A.V., Plášil, J., Makovicky, E., Chukanov, N.V., Škoda, R., Agakhanov, A.A. and Stepanov, S.Y. (2020) Auerbakhite, IMA 2020-047. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-049
Argentopearceite
Ag16As2S11
In the dumps of the Lehnschafter mine, Mikulov-Hrob ore district, 9 km NW of Teplice, Krušné hory (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic (50°41’26.960”N, 13°43’16.547”E)
Jiří Sejkora*, Jakub Plášil, Emil Makovicky, Pavel Škácha, Zdeněk Dolníček and Roman Gramblička
*E-mail: [email protected]
Polybasite group
Trigonal: P321; structure determined
a = 14.8583(5), c = 12.3038(5) Å
12.348(17), 3.120(62), 3.085(100), 2.858(38), 2.537(36), 2.391(24), 2.376(19), 1.861(19)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum in Prague, Cirkusová 1740, 19300 Praha 9, Czech Republic, catalogue number P1P 35/2020
How to cite: Sejkora, J., Plášil, J., Makovicky, E., Škácha, P., Dolníček, Z. and Gramblička, R. (2020) Argentopearceite, IMA 2020-049. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2020-050
Magnesioalterite
Mg2Fe3+4(SO4)4(C2O4)2(OH)4⋅17H2O
Cliff Dwellers Lodge, Vermilion Cliffs, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA (36°43’01”N, 111°47’36”W)
Hexiong Yang*, Ronald B. Gibbs, Stanley H. Evans, Robert T. Downs and Zak Jibrin
*E-mail: [email protected]
The Mg analogue of alterite
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 16.766(1), b = 9.4074(7), c = 25.351(3) Å, β = 108.258(5)°
5.854(100), 4.593(36), 4.377(46), 4.204(38), 4.142(35), 3.914(34), 3.717(67), 2.668(47)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the University of Arizona Mineral Museum, 1601 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA, catalogue number 22042 (holotype), and the RRUFF Project, deposition number R180015 (cotype)
How to cite: Yang, H., Gibbs, R.B., Evans, S.H., Downs, R.T. and Jibrin, Z. (2020) Magnesioalterite, IMA 2020-050. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2018-143a
Botuobinskite
SrFe2+(Ti4+12Cr3+6)Mg2[O36(OH)2]
As inclusions in pyrope from the Internatsionalnaya kimberlite pipe, Mirny kimberlite field, Siberian craton, Sakha Republic, Russia (62°27’42”N, 113°42’57”E)
Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin*, Sergey V. Rashchenko, Igor S. Sharygin, Vladimir G. Malkovets, Taisia A. Alifirova, Leonid A. Pautov, Elena N. Nigmatulina and Yurii V. Seryotkin
*E-mail: [email protected]
Crichtonite group
Trigonal: R $\overline 3 $; structure determined
a = 10.3644(8), c = 20.659(1) Å
3.388(100), 3.040(65), 2.868(71), 2.836(75), 2.132(89), 1.792(70), 1.590(87), 1.437(91)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Central Siberian Geological Museum, Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Koptyuga Avenue 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, catalogue number VII-99/1
How to cite: Rezvukhin, D.I., Rashchenko, S.V., Sharygin, I.S., Malkovets, V.G., Alifirova, T.A., Pautov, L.A., Nigmatulina, E.N. and Seryotkin, Y.V. (2020) Botuobinskite, IMA 2018-143a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
IMA No. 2018-144a
Mirnyite
SrZr4+(Ti4+12Cr3+6)Mg2O38
As inclusions in pyrope from the Internatsionalnaya kimberlite pipe, Mirny kimberlite field, Siberian craton, Sakha Republic, Russia (62°27’42”N, 113°42’57”E)
Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin*, Sergey V. Rashchenko, Igor S. Sharygin, Vladimir G. Malkovets, Taisia A. Alifirova, Leonid A. Pautov, Elena N. Nigmatulina and Yurii V. Seryotkin
*E-mail: [email protected]
Crichtonite group
Trigonal: R $\overline 3$; structure determined
a = 10.3734(8), c = 20.691(1) Å
3.392(100), 3.043(73), 2.872(71), 2.839(76), 2.135(79), 1.794(70), 1.592(85), 1.439(88)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Central Siberian Geological Museum, Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Koptyuga Avenue 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, catalogue number VII-100/1
How to cite: Rezvukhin, D.I., Rashchenko, S.V., Sharygin, I.S., Malkovets, V.G., Alifirova, T.A., Pautov, L.A., Nigmatulina, E.N. and Seryotkin, Y.V. (2020) Mirnyite, IMA 2018-144a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 57; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.73
NOMENCLATURE/CLASSIFICATION PROPOSALS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER 2020
IMA 20-D: Wöhlerite group
Proposal 20-D is accepted and the wöhlerite group is established. It currently includes 9 mineral species: cuspidine, baghdadite, burpalite, låvenite, normandite, niocalite, janhaugite, wöhlerite, and hiortdahlite. The chemical formula of the latter mineral has been revised to Na2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3. Marianoite has been discredited as it is identical to wöhlerite.
Cerite supergroup
The cerite supergroup has been established and includes the cerite group (5 members) and merrillite group (8 members). Cerite-(La) has been renamed ferricerite-(La) since Fe is dominant in the M site. It has the formula (La,Ce,Ca)9Fe3+(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3.