CNMNC Newsletter 71 Dez 2022 - Jan. 2023

[Stefan]

1 New mineral proposals approved in Dezember 2022

IMA 2020-040
Fabritzite
Zn9(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2·6H2O
Fbz
Hilarion mine (between third and fourth level), Kamariza area, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Greece
Uwe Kolitsch, Branko Rieck, Dan Topa, Gerald Giester, and Manuela Zeug
Closely related to gordaite; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
R-3
a = 8.275(1), c = 32.000(6) Å
10.667(100), 5.333(13), 4.138(10), 3.854(10), 2.699(10), 2.566(19), 2.330(8), 1.564(8)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria, catalogue number O 356 (three specimens)
Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Topa, D., Giester, G., and Zeug, M.: Fabritzite, IMA 2020-040, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2021-002a
Nioboixiolite-(□)
(Nb0.8□0.2)4+O2
Nbix-☐
Bayan Obo Mine, Inner Mongolia region, China (41∘47′25′′ N, 109∘50′00′′ E)
Yike Li, Changhui Ke, Denghong Wang, Zhenyu Chen, Guowu Li, Anjian Wang, Ruiping Li, Le Hu, Hong Yu, and Yonggang Zhao
Columbite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
Pbcn
a = 4.7071(5), b = 5.7097(7), c = 5.1111(6) Å
3.662(20), 2.975(100), 2.566(10), 2.501(20), 2.096(10), 1.770(20), 1.718(15), 1.458(20)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Geological Museum of China, Yangrou Hutong No. 15, Xisi, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China, catalogue number M16118
Li, Y., Ke, C., Wang, D., Chen, Z., Li, G., Wang, A., Li, R., Hu, L., Yu, H., and Zhao, Y.: Nioboixiolite-(□), IMA 2021-002a, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-076
Andrieslombaardite
RhSbS
Alo
Onverwacht platinum pipe, Limpopo Province, South Africa (24∘39′9.04′′ S, 30∘09′59.57′′ E)
Louis J. Cabri, Andrew M. McDonald, Thomas Oberthür, Nobumichi Tamura, Anna Vymazalová, Kirk C. Ross, and Frank Melcher
Cobaltite-Gruppe
Kubisch
P213
a = 6.0278(4) Å
4.262(40), 3.014(63), 2.695(96), 2.461(59), 2.131(39), 1.817(100), 1.672(29), 1.611(32)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St, Ottawa, ON K2P 2R1, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 90353
Cabri, L. J., McDonald, A. M., Oberthür, T., Tamura, N., Vymazalová, A., Ross, K. C., and Melcher, F.: Andrieslombaardite, IMA 2022-076, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-093
Fluoralforsite
Ba5(PO4)3F
Fafr
Hatrurim Basin (Negev Desert), Hatrurim Complex, Israel
Arkadiusz Krzątała, Katarzyna Nowak, Georgia Cametti, Irina Galuskina, Yevgeny Vapnik, and Evgeny Galuskin
Apatite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Hexagonal
P63/m
a = 9.9981(1), c = 7.5323(1) Å
3.776(20), 3.454(32), 3.273(35), 3.008(76), 3.002(100), 2.886(47), 2.083(29), 1.992(29)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland, catalogue number 44951
Krzątała, A., Nowak, K., Cametti, G., Galuskina, I., Vapnik, Y., and Galuskin, E.: Fluoralforsite, IMA 2022-093, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-094
Tzeferisite
CaZn8(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2(H2O)9
Tze
Ary Mine, Dimoliaki mines, Dimoliaki, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Branko Rieck, Irene Liebhart, Gerald Giester, Eugen Libowitzky, N. Chutimun Chanmuang, and Uwe Kolitsch
Known synthetic (anthropogenic) analogue; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
R-3c
a = 8.3693(12), c = 67.7943(1) Å
11.31(100), 5.655(40), 4.186(20), 4.030(20), 3.365(30), 3.073(20), 2.732(30), 2.504(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria, catalogue number O2549
Rieck, B., Liebhart, I., Giester, G., Libowitzky, E., Chanmuang, N. C., and Kolitsch, U.: Tzeferisite, IMA 2022-094, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-095
Plumbogaidonnayite
PbZrSi3O9·2H2O
Pgdn
Saima peralkaline complex, about 50 km northeast of Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province, China (40∘58′20.6′′ N, 124∘16′27.8′′ E)
Bin Wu, Xiang-ping Gu, Can Rao, Rucheng Wang, Xing-qing Xing, Jian-jun Wan, and Fu-jun Zhong
Gaidonnayite-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
P21nb
a = 11.7690(4), b = 12.9867(3), c = 6.6616(2) Å
6.489(36), 5.803(100), 4.661(27), 4.336(29), 3.640(30), 3.114(79), 2,947(27), 2.622(27)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Geological Museum of China, No. 16 Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, People's Republic of China, catalogue number M16139
Wu, B., Gu, X., Rao, C., Wang, R., Xing, X., Wan, J., and Zhong, F.: Plumbogaidonnayite, IMA 2022-095, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-096
Okruginite
Cu2SnSe3
Okg
Ozernovskoe Au deposit, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (57∘35′36′′ N, 160∘50′60′′ E)
Anna Vymazalová, Vladimir V. Kozlov, František Laufek, Chris J. Stanley, and Ilya A. Shkilev
Chemically, the Se Analog von mohite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
Cc
a = 6.9906(2), b = 12.0712(3), c = 6.9723(2) Å, β = 109.353(10)∘
3.298(54), 3.289(53), 3.286(100), 2.018(23), 2.016(46), 2.013(50), 2.012(24), 1.717(15)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, catalogue number BM 2021,02
Vymazalová, A., Kozlov, V. V., Laufek, F., Stanley, C. J., and Shkilev, I. A.: Okruginite, IMA 2022-096, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-097
Manuelarossiite
PbCaAlF7
Mnrs
From a fumarole after the 1944 eruption of the Vesuvius volcano, Naples province, Campania, Italy
Fabrizio Nestola, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Cristian Biagioni, Radek Škoda, Lisa Santello, and Atali A. Agakhanov
Chemically und structurally related to calcioaravaipaite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
C2/m
a = 7.6754(3), b = 7.4443(4), c = 9.2870(5) Å, β = 93.928(5)∘
9.265(78), 4.532(79), 3.722(74), 3.627(100), 3.584(81), 3.454(83), 3.419(96), 2.669(55)
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 5920/1
Nestola, F., Kasatkin, A. V., Biagioni, C., Škoda, R., Santello, L., and Agakhanov, A. A.: Manuelarossiite, IMA 2022-097, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-100
Olsenite
KFe4(PO4)3
Ose
El Ali meteorite, found in 2020 close to Hiiraan, Somalia
Chi Ma, Christopher D. K. Herd, and Andrew J. Locock
Neuer Strukturtyp
Orthorhombisch
Pnnm
a = 9.81(1), b = 16.51(1), c = 6.27(1) Å
8.255(100), 5.861(69), 3.804(32), 3.158(69), 3.040(64), 2.922(30), 2.642(59), 2.516(71)
Type material is deposited in the meteorite collections of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada, accession number MET11814
Ma, C., Herd, C. D. K., and Locock, A. J.: Olsenite, IMA 2022-100, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-101
Ezochiite
Cu+(Rh3+Pt4+)S4
Ezo
Near the sea shore, Tomamae town, Hokkaido, Japan (44∘17′09′′ N, 141∘38′58′′ E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane and Katsuyuki Saito
Thiospinel-Gruppe
Kubisch
Fd-3m;
a = 9.865(4) Å
2.96(98), 2.45(76), 2.25(44), 1.897(100), 1.505(22), 1.487(20), 1.382(25), 1.284(37)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan, specimen number NSM-M49764
Nishio-Hamane, D. and Saito, K.: Ezochiite, IMA 2022-101, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-102
Mikenewite
Mn2+(S4+O3)·3H2O
Mnw
San Judas Chimney, Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (25∘47′36′′ N, 103∘47′27′′ W)
Hexiong Yang, Robert A. Jenkins, James A. McGlasson, Ronald B. Gibbs, and Robert T. Downs
A dimorph of gravegliaite, und the Mn2+ Analog von albertiniite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/n
a = 6.6390(3), b = 8.8895(4), c = 8.7900(4) Å, β = 96.095(2)∘
5.547(42), 4.707(100), 4.367(38), 3.947(49), 3.924(49), 3.327(60), 3.097(45), 2.774(57)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum, 115 N Church Ave Ste 121, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA, catalogue no. 22724 (holotype), and the RRUFF Project, deposition no. R210021 (cotype)
Yang, H., Jenkins, R. A., McGlasson, J. A., Gibbs, R. B., and Downs, R. T.: Mikenewite, IMA 2022-102, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

2 New mineral proposals approved in January 2023

IMA 2022-104
Hokkaidoite
C22H12
Hkd
Shikaribetsu area, Kita-urimaku, Shikaoi-cho, Kato-gun, Hokkaido, Japan (43∘16′ N, 143∘05′ E – type locality); Aibetsu mercury mine, Asahiyama, Aibetsu-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido, Japan (43∘56′00′′ N, 142∘44′00′′ E – cotype locality)
Ryoji Tanaka, Akihito Hagiwara, Takashi Ishibashi, and Yuki Inoue
Synthetische Nachbildung bekannt; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/c
a = 9.8422(9), b = 11.866(5), c = 11.722(2) Å, β = 98.76(1)∘
9.855(100), 8.348(34), 6.710(11), 5.346(15), 4.156(24), 3.978(13), 3.608(11), 3.191(11)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba 305-0005, Japan, registration number NMS-M49763 (holotype) and NMS-M49765 (cotype)
Tanaka, R., Hagiwara, A., Ishibashi, T., and Inoue, Y.: Hokkaidoite, IMA 2022-104, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-105
Nacareniobsite-(Y)
Na3Ca3YNb(Si2O7)2OF3
Nns-Y
Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, upper reaches of the Darai-Pioz River, Tajikistan (39∘30′ N, 70∘40′ E)
Atali A. Agakhanov, Maxwell C. Day, Elena Sokolova, Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Frank C. Hawthorne, Leonid A. Pautov, Igor V. Pekov, Ànatoly V. Kasatkin, and Vitaliya A. Agakhanova
Seidozerite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/c
a = 7.408(3), b = 5.665(2), c = 18.82(2) Å, β = 101.37(5)∘
5.44(31), 3.591(26), 3.068(100), 2.944(45), 2.801(23), 2.707(32), 2.023(25), 1.853(29)
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 5488/1
Agakhanov, A. A., Day, M. C., Sokolova, E., Karpenko, V. Y., Hawthorne, F. C., Pautov, L. A., Pekov, I. V., Kasatkin, A. V., and Agakhanova, V. A.: Nacareniobsite-(Y), IMA 2022-105, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-107
Wortupaite
MgNi(Te4+O3)3·3H2O
Wor
Wortupa gold mine, 12 km north-north-east of Balcanoona Station, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia (30∘26′06′′ S, 139∘14′29′′ E)
Owen P. Missen, Stuart J. Mills, Joel Brugger, William D. Birch, and Peter Elliott
Strukturell verwandt mit zemannite; Struktur ermittelt
Hexagonal
P63/m
a = 9.221(1), c = 7.515(1) Å
8.059(93), 4.034(92), 2.832(43), 2.769(100), 2.332(30), 1.920(45), 1.782(22), 1.718(39)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museums Victoria, P.O. Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, specimen number M2021
Missen, O. P., Mills, S. J., Brugger, J., Birch, W. D., and Elliott, P.: Wortupaite, IMA 2022-107, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-110
Ginelfite
Ag2(Ag0.5Fe)TlPb23.5(Sb,As)33.5S76
Glf
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (44∘44′45′′ N, 6∘19′18′′ E)
Cristian Biagioni, Jiří Sejkora, Yves Moëlo, Georges Favreau, Vincent Bourgoin, Jean-Claude Boulliard, Elena Bonaccorsi, Daniela Mauro, Silvia Musetti, Marco Pasero, Natale Perchiazzi, and Jana Ulmanová
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Triklin
P-1
a = 8.3692(7), b = 27.540(2), c = 29.177(2) Å, α = 95.455(3), β = 93.852(3), γ = 94.132(3)∘
4.168(w), 3.413(s), 2.965(s), 2.805(ms), 2.729(ms), 2.091(vs), 1.872(ms), 1.785(ms)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italy, catalogue number 20023, and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic, catalogue number P1P 31/2022
Biagioni, C., Sejkora, J., Moëlo, Y., Favreau, G., Bourgoin, V., Boulliard, J.-C., Bonaccorsi, E., Mauro, D., Musetti, S., Pasero, M., Perchiazzi, N., and Ulmanová, J.: Ginelfite, IMA 2022-110, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

IMA 2022-111
Wangpuite
K3(PO4)(Mo12O36)
Wpu
Freedom #2 mine, Central Mining Area, about 5.6 km north-northeast of the town of Marysvale, Plute Co., Utah, USA (38∘29′43′′ N, 112∘12′55′′ W)
Xiangping Gu, Hexiong Yang, Joe Marty, Ronald B. Gibbs, and Mingyue He
Synthetische Nachbildung bekannt; Struktur ermittelt
Kubisch
Pn-3m
a=11.6148(1) Å
8.208(34), 4.736(13), 3.348(100), 2.902(30), 2.474(14), 2.277(12), 2.053(13), 1.643(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum, 115 N Church Ave Ste 121, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA, catalogue no. 22726 (holotype), and the RRUFF Project, deposition no. R220030 (cotype)
Gu, X., Yang, H., Marty, J., Gibbs, R. B., and He, M.: Wangpuite, IMA 2022-111, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023.

3 Symbol for asagiite

The correct symbol for the new mineral asagiite (IMA no. 2022-065) is Asa, and not Asg, as given in CNMNC Newsletter 70.

4 Nomenclature/classification proposals approved in December 2022

Akrochordite group

The akrochordite group is established. It consists of three mineral species: akrochordite, MnMn2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)4, guanacoite, MgCu2Mg2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)4, and vargite, MnCu2Mn2(AsO4)2(OH)4(H2O)4.