CNMNC Newsletter 75

[Stefan]

NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN AUGUST 2023

IMA 2023-036
Ronpetersonite
BaWO4
Rpt
Gun claim, ca. 5 km southeast of Itsi Lakes and ca. 363 km northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada (62°50’50” N, 130°00’51” W)
Mary Macquistan, Lee A. Groat and Brian R. Joy
Das Ba Analog von stolzite; Struktur ermittelt
Tetragonal
I41/a
a = 5.6192(4), c = 12.7348(11) Å
3.37(100), 3.18(17), 2.81(24), 2.11(28), 1.99(11), 1.87(17), 1.71(14), 1.69(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6, Canada, catalogue number M60450
Macquistan, M., Groat, L.A. and Joy, B.R. (2023) Ronpetersonite, IMA 2023-036. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-037
Andreybulakhite
Ni(C2O4)·2H2O
Adb
Nud-II deposit, Monchegorsk pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia (67°53’14” N, 32°54’04” E)
Oleg S. Vereshchagin, Sergey N. Britvin, Dmitrii V. Pankin, Marina S. Zelenskaya, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria A. Kuz’mina, Natalia S. Vlasenko and Olga V. Frank-Kamenetskaya
Das Ni Analog von humboldtine; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
C2/c
a = 11.8392(5), b = 5.3312(2), c = 9.8357(7) Å, β = 126.723(5)°
4.743(100), 3.946(24), 3.572(8), 2.954(29), 2.646(6), 2.530(12), 2.207(7), 2.066(7)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia, catalogue number ML OF-978
Vereshchagin, O.S., Britvin, S.N., Pankin, D.V., Zelenskaya, M.S., Krzhizhanovskaya, M.G., Kuz’mina, M.A., Vlasenko, N.S. and Frank-Kamenetskaya, O.V. (2023) Andreybulakhite, IMA 2023-037. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-038
Selenojunoite
Cu2Pb3Bi8Se16
Sjnt
Srednyaya Padma mine, Srednyaya Padma deposit, Zaonezhsky peninsula, Medvezhyegorsk District, Republic of Karelia, Russia (62°21’41” N, 35°26’14”)
Victor M. Gekimyants, Natalia V. Zubkova, Igor V. Pekov, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Oleg B. Lavrov, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Leonid A. Pautov, Sergey N. Britvin, Natalia V. Platonova, Pavel Y. Plechov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
Das Se Analog von junoite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
C2/m
a = 26.98(1), b = 4.095(1), c = 17.353(7) Å, β = 127.74(6)°
3.957(46), 3.540(62), 3.432(26), 3.204(51), 2.958(100), 2.859(22), 2.093(39), 2.046(34)
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 6011/1
Gekimyants, V.M., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Ksenofontov, D.A., Lavrov, O.B., Yapaskurt, V.O., Pautov, L.A., Britvin, S.N., Platonova, N.V., Plechov, P.Y. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2023) Selenojunoite, IMA 2023-038. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-040
Vadlazarenkovite
Pd8Bi1.5Te1.25As0.25
Vlz
Konder massif, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (57°35’12” N, 134°39’09” E)
Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Cristian Biagioni, Fabrizio Nestola, Atali A. Agakhanov, Sergey Y. Stepanov, Sergey V. Petrov and Andrey G. Pilugin
Isostrukturell mit mertieite; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
R-3c
a = 7.7198(2), c = 43.124(1) Å
3.401(11), 2.523(10), 2.306(90), 2.265(15), 2.229(100), 2.036(15), 1.954(11), 1.602(15)
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 6023/1
Kasatkin, A.V., Biagioni, C., Nestola, F., Agakhanov, A.A., Stepanov, S.Y., Petrov, S.V. and Pilugin, A.G. (2023) Vadlazarenkovite, IMA 2023-040. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-044
Baiamareite
Ag4Pb12Fe4Sb20S48
Bmt
Săsar underground mine, west-northwest of Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania (47°39’ N, 23°32’ E)
Dan Topa, Paul Sicher, Frank Keutsch, Uwe Kolitsch and Chris Stanley
Das Fe Analog von uchucchacuaite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/n
a = 8.7150(5), b = 12.737(1), c = 19.350(1) Å, β = 90.062(5)°
3.794(24), 3.791(19), 3.475(28), 3.472(34), 3.307(100), 2.902(40), 2.900(36), 2.179(22)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria, catalogue number NHMW-MIN-O2598
Topa, D., Sicher, P., Keutsch, F., Kolitsch, U. and Stanley, C. (2023) Baiamareite, IMA 2023-044. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-047
Cloudite
BaFe3+3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Cud
Iron Monarch quarry (180 level), Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia (32°44’40” S, 137°08’21” E)
Peter Elliott and Anthony R. Kampf
Alunite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
R-3m
a = 7.2709(5), c = 17.2799(10) Å
5.93(62), 3.089(100), 2.981(25), 2.553(22), 2.304(45), 1.978(33), 1.824(26), 1.543(20)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G35356
Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2023) Cloudite, IMA 2023-047. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-048
Hayyanite
Cu5Ag11Pb76Sb71As17(As2+)8S224
Hyy
Barika gold deposit, 17 km east of the city Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Dan Topa, Berthold Stoeger, Uwe Kolitsch, Frank Keutsch and Chris Stanley
Sterryite family; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/c
a = 8.193(4), b = 43.05(2), c = 28.63(1) Å, β = 90.08(1)°
4.17(25), 4.12(19), 3.695(100), 3.305(19), 3.290(81), 3.256(56), 2.980(55), 2.739(21)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria, catalogue number NHMW-MIN-O2767
Topa, D., Stoeger, B., Kolitsch, U., Keutsch, F. and Stanley, C. (2023) Hayyanite, IMA 2023-048. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER 2023

IMA 2023-049
Buynite
TlPb14As17S40
Buyn
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland (46°21’54” N, 8°13’15” E)
Dan Topa, Berthold Stoeger, Uwe Kolitsch, Frank Keutsch, Thomas Raber and Chris Stanley
Closely related to dufrénoysite; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21
a = 7.918(1), b = 25.711(4), c = 8.354(1) Å, β = 90.626(2)°
4.123(57), 3.783(100), 3.769(73), 3.009(82), 2.991(79), 2.734(65), 2.711(64), 2.358(67)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria, catalogue number NHMW-MIN-O2766
Topa, D., Stoeger, B., Kolitsch, U., Keutsch, F., Raber, T. and Stanley, C. (2023) Buynite, IMA 2023-049. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-050
Peterchinite
Zn3Zn2(OH)6As[O3(OH)3]
Pcn
Franklin mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (41°06’56” N, 74°35’15” W)
Travis A. Olds, Anthony R. Kampf and Radek Škoda
Isostrukturell mit chlorophoenicite
Monoklin
C2/m
a = 22.95(1), b = 3.21(1), c = 7.28(1) Å, β = 106.43(1)°
6.88(46), 3.704(55), 3.085(38), 2.939(27), 2.593(100), 1.816(22), 1.744(40), 1.473(34)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, catalogue number 34559, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 76286
Olds, T.A., Kampf, A.R. and Škoda, R. (2023) Peterchinite, IMA 2023-050. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-051
Vallouiseite
Ag3Tl21.5PbSb63As41.5S170
Vli
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (44°44’45” N, 6°19’18” E)
Dan Topa, Berthold Stoeger, Uwe Kolitsch, Frank Keutsch, Chris Stanley and Thomas Raber
Chabournéite-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Triklin
P-1
a = 8.6495(2), b = 28.0728(5), c = 30.3324(7) Å, α = 88.687(2), β = 86.759(2), γ = 85.676(2)°
3.9(57), 3.8(48), 3.6(55), 3.3(41), 2.86(57), 2.82(54), 2.73(58), 2.612(49)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogisch-Petrographische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria, catalogue number NHMW-MIN-O2599
Topa, D., Stoeger, B., Kolitsch, U., Keutsch, F., Stanley, C. and Raber, T. (2023) Vallouiseite, IMA 2023-051. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-053
Colchesterite
Bi3+2Mo6+2O9
Cchs
From the dumps of the Kingsgate mines, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia (29°48’50” S, 51°58’26” E)
Peter Elliott and Anthony R. Kampf
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/n
a = 8.103(2), b = 8.540(2), c = 11.209(2) Å, β = 93.58(3)°
6.83(20), 3.995(21), 3.560(100), 3.210(27), 3.151(22), 2.657(30), 2.208(19), 1.954(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G35359
Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2023) Colchesterite, IMA 2023-053. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-056
Edwindavisite
Cu(C2O4)(NH3)
Ewd
Rowley mine (125-foot level), about 20 km NW of Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA (33°02’57” N, 113°01’50” W)
Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu, Anthony R. Kampf, Joe Marty, Ronald B. Gibbs and Robert T. Downs
Synthetische Nachbildung bekannt; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
Pbca
a = 11.1998(10), b = 9.4307(9), c = 8.3977(7) Å
5.608(92), 4.797(82), 4.679(59), 3.623(100), 3.203(25), 2.467(29), 2.402(45), 2.098(31)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum, 115 N Church Ave Ste 121, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA, catalogue no. 22732, the RRUFF Project, deposition no. R230005, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 76287 and 76288
Yang, H., Gu, X., Kampf, A.R., Marty, J., Gibbs. R.B. and Downs. R.T. (2023) Edwindavisite, IMA 2023-056. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76

IMA 2023-057
Jianmuite
ZrTi4+Ti3+5Al3O16
Jmu
CR-11 orebody, Kangjinla deposit, Luobusa ophiolite, Qusum County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, China (29°11’ N, 92°18’ E – holotype and 1st cotype); Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico (26°58’ N, 105°19’ W – 2nd cotype)
Roberto Borriello, Fahui Xiong, Chi Ma, Sofia Lorenzon, Enrico Mugnaioli, Jingsui Yang, Xiangzhen Xu and Edward S. Grew
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Tetragonal
I-4
a = 10.3675 (10), c = 9.8125 (10) Å
7.127(14), 4.192(9), 2.726(100), 2.453(9), 2.318(17), 1.685(32), 1.639(27), 1.463(9)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Geological Museum of China, 15 Yangrouhutong, Xisi, West District, Beijing 100034, People’s Republic of China, catalogue number GMCTM2023005 (holotype), and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA (2nd cotype)
Borriello, R., Xiong, F., Ma, C., Lorenzon, S., Mugnaioli, E., Yang, J., Xu, X. and Grew, E.S. (2023) Jianmuite, IMA 2023-057. CNMNC Newsletter 75; Mineralogical Magazine, 87, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2023.76