CNMNC Newsletter 88 (Okt. Nov. 2025)

[Stefan]

1 New mineral proposals approved in October 2025

IMA 2024-092a
Rigrahamite
Na2Ca2Th2(CO3)4(HCO3)2(OH)4(H2O)7
Rig
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (45°33’46” N, 73°08’30” W)
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, Stephanie Barnes and Michael Bainbridge
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
P21/m
a = 6.3846(1), b = 30.8254(4), c = 6.49473(8) Å, β = 95.354(1)°
15.49(100), 6.49(12), 6.22(34), 5.139(28), 4.707(16), 4.305(16), 3.854(14), 3.016(13)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 90989 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172, Blindern, Oslo, Norway, catalogue number KNR 44454 (cotype)
Lykova, I., Rowe, R., Poirier, G., Friis, H., Barnes, S. and Bainbridge, M. (2025) Rigrahamite, IMA 2024-092a. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-016
Nioboixiolite-(Fe2+)
(Nb2/3Fe2+1/3)O2
Nbix-Fe²⁺
In a granitic pegmatite from a quarry situated ca. 1 km west of the Jordanów Śląski village, ca. 30 km south of Wrocław, Lower Silesia, Poland (50°52’16” N, 16°50’18” E)
Sylwia Zelek-Pogudz, Bożena Gołębiowska, Bogdan Rutkowski, Krzysztof Nejbert, Katarzyna M. Stadnicka and Adam Pieczka
Columbite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
Pbcn
a = 4.7368(2), b = 5.7155(2), c = 5.0831(2) Å
3.647(28), 2.963(100), 2.541(13), 2.491(15), 1.768(14), 1.733(18), 1.716(24), 1.537(14)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland, catalogue numbers MMUWr IV8117 (holotype) and MMUWr IV8119 (cotype)
Zelek-Pogudz, S., Gołębiowska, B., Rutkowski, B., Nejbert, K., Stadnicka, K.M. and Pieczka, A. (2025) Nioboixiolite-(Fe2+), IMA 2025-016. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-046
Sulfopadmaite
PdBiS
Spdm
Srednyaya Padma deposit, Zaonezhsky peninsula, Medvezhyegorsk District, Republic of Karelia, Russia (62°21’41” N, 35°26’14” E)
Mikhail V. Strelnikov, Sergey N. Britvin, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Victor M. Gekimyants, Atali A. Agakhanov, Pavel Y. Plechov and Igor V. Pekov
Das S Analog von padmaite; Struktur ermittelt
Kubisch
P213
a = 6.3272(3) Å
4.474(26), 3.164(17), 2.830(100), 2.583(54), 1.908(50), 1.755(17), 1.691(29), 1.175(17)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Pr. 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 6271/1
Strelnikov, M.V., Britvin, S.N., Yapaskurt, V.O., Gekimyants, V.M., Agakhanov, A.A., Plechov, P.Y. and Pekov, I.V. (2025) Sulfopadmaite, IMA 2025-046. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/

IMA 2025-049
Magnesiohongruiite-(Fe3+)
(Mg2Fe3+)Fe3+NbO7(OH)
Mhg-Fe³⁺
Bayan Obo deposit, 130 km north of the city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China (41°47’42.7”N, 109°58’15.7” E)
Yun-Xiang Zhan, Hai-Dong She, Xiao-Chun Li, Xiang-Ping Gu and Kui-Feng Yang
Nolanite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Hexagonal
P63mc
a = 5.9711(2), c = 9.4375(3) Å
5.166(39), 3.475(77), 2.984(48), 2.681(100), 2.516(100), 1.658(50), 1.522(57), 1.492(57)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Geology Museum of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang Distinct, 100029 Beijing, People’s Republic of China, catalogue number M8241 (holotype), and the Geological Museum of China, No. 15, Yangrou Hutong, Xicheng Distinct, 100034 Beijing, People’s Republic of China, catalogue number GMCTM2024011 (cotype)
Zhan, Y.X., She, H.D., Li, X.C., Gu, X.P. and Yang, K.F. (2025) Magnesiohongruiite-(Fe3+), IMA 2025-049. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-051
Konzettite
CaMn4+Te6+O6
Knz
Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (29°48’ N, 109°40’ W)
Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu, Ronald B. Gibbs and Robert T. Downs
Das Ca Analog von kuranakhite; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
P312
a = 5.0515(3), c = 5.0368(3) Å
5.038(52), 4.377(27), 3.304(100), 2.529(42), 2.260(35), 2.007(20), 1.784(55), 1.570(25)
Type 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. 22746 (holotype), and the RRUFF Project, deposition no. R250011 (cotype)
Yang, H., Gu, X., Gibbs, R.B. and Downs, R.T. (2025) Konzettite, IMA 2025-051. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-052
Gritsenkoite
CoMg2(AsO4)2(H2O)8
Grk
Khovu-Aksy deposit, Chedi-Kholskiy district, Tuva Republic, Eastern Siberia, Russia (51°09’35” N, 93°41’09” E)
Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Jakub Plášil, Radek Škoda and Atali A. Agakhanov
Vivianite-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
C2/m
a = 10.2594(4), b = 13.4338(4), c = 4.7528(4) Å, β = 105.166(7)°
7.888(14), 6.768(100), 4.390(84), 3.900(80), 3.656(11), 3.234(31), 3.001(40), 2.729(32)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Pr. 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 6272/1 (holotype) and 6272/2 (cotype)
Kasatkin, A.V., Plášil, J., Škoda, R. and Agakhanov, A.A. (2025) Gritsenkoite, IMA 2025-052. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-053
Kryzaite
Na4(MgCr)(PO4)3
Krz
Morasko iron meteorite, found in the Morasko meteorite natural reserve, northern edge of Poznań, Poland (52°29’25.2” N, 16°53’25.9” E)
Evgeny Galuskin, Andrzej Muszyński, Taras Panikorovskii, Joachim Kusz, Maria Książek, Irina Galuskina, Grzegorz Zieliński and Krystian Prusik
Synthetische Nachbildung bekannt; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
R-3c
a = 8.8509(6), c = 21.256(2) Å
4.367(32), 3.756(61), 3.543(22), 2.871(37), 2.766(100), 2.555(65), 2.112(17), 1.877(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland, catalogue number MMUWr-IV-8197
Galuskin, E., Muszyński, A., Panikorovskii, T., Kusz, J., Książek, M., Galuskina, I., Zieliński, G. and Prusik, K. (2025) Kryzaite, IMA 2025-053. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-054
Ixiolite-(Sc)
(Ta0.5Sc0.5)O2
Ix-Sc
Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Telemark, Norway (59°11’ N, 8°45’ E)
Alice Taddei, Dan Holtstam, Roy Kristiansen and Luca Bindi
Columbite-Supergruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
Pbcn
a = 4.7673(4), b = 5.7113(5), c = 5.1564(5) Å
3.66(24), 2.982(100), 2.498(16), 1.913(11), 1.748(16), 1.723(24), 1.555(31), 1.472(12)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale “La Specola”, Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy, catalogue number MSN-MIN 3749/I
Taddei, A., Holtstam, D., Kristiansen, R. and Bindi, L. (2025) Ixiolite-(Sc), IMA 2025-054. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-056
Hartkoppeite
Ca4Mn2+Mo6+6As5+4O32(OH)2(H2O)14·5H2O
Hkp
Fuchs quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Aschaffenburg district, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany (50°01’57” N, 9°16’28” E)
Anthony R. Kampf, Gerhard Möhn, Chi Ma and Joy Désor
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Triklin
P-1
a = 13.3461(1), b = 13.5384(1), c = 14.3087(2) Å, α = 71.080(5), β = 82.936(6), γ = 68.792(5)°
12.552(100), 10.452(36), 7.887(40), 5.559(39), 3.262(38), 3.137(54), 3.034(38), 1.479(34)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 77379
Kampf, A.R., Möhn, G., Ma, C. and Désor, J. (2025) Hartkoppeite, IMA 2025-056. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

2 New mineral proposals approved in November 2025

IMA 2025-043
Kidodite
BaMg2Fe16O27
Kdd
Hatrurim Complex, Negev Desert, near the city of Arad, Israel (31°14’22” N, 35°16’55” E)
Evgeny V. Galuskin, Irina O. Galuskina, Maria Książek, Yevgeny Vapnik, Joachim Kusz and Grzegorz Zieliński
Synthetische Nachbildung bekannt; Struktur ermittelt
Hexagonal
P63/mmc
a = 5.8907(4), c = 32.785(2) Å
2.945(48), 2.758(63), 2.593(100), 2.573(28), 2.436(29), 2.166(24), 1.662(24), 1.473(47)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Pr. 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 6086/1
Galuskin, E.V., Galuskina, I.O., Książek, M., Vapnik, Y., Kusz, J. and Zieliński, G. (2025) Kidodite, IMA 2025-043. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-048
Arsenosabugalite
H0.5Al0.5(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O
Asbg
Hubbard Homestead mine, near Gateway, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA (38°38’00” N, 109°01’01” W)
Anthony R. Kampf, Travis A. Olds, Jakub Plášil, Christopher Emproto, Chi Ma, Paul M. Adams and Joe Marty
Das arsenate Analog von sabugalite; Struktur ermittelt
Triklin
P-1
a = 7.090(1), b = 7.107(1), c = 19.779(5) Å, α = 85.04(2), β = 83.99(2), γ = 89.954(1)°
9.793(100), 4.953(47), 4.629(23), 3.521(72), 3.379(29), 3.221(25), 2.502(21), 2.229(25)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 76791, 76792, 76793 and 77376
Kampf, A.R., Olds, T.A., Plášil, J., Emproto, C., Ma, C., Adams, P.M. and Marty, J. (2025) Arsenosabugalite, IMA 2025-048. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-059
Jinxiuite
Ni18Bi2SbAsS16
Jx
Adit of Orebody No. 3, Longhua Ni-Co deposit, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (24°04’03” N, 110°07’08” E)
Hejun Tang, Qingtian Lv, Zhen Deng, Zhenhan Wu, Jiayong Yan, Zhenyu Chen, Xiangping Gu, Baolin Zhang, Mingjian Cao and Guang Fan
Chemically und structurally related to arsenohauchecornite; Struktur ermittelt
Tetragonal
I4/mmm
a = 10.2292(1), c = 10.8101(3) Å
4.348(41), 3.622(41), 3.238(61), 2.775(100), 2.386(66), 2.287(79), 1.856(52), 1.803(69)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Geological Museum of China, Yangrou Hutong No. 15, Xisi, Xicheng District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, catalogue number GMCTM2025020 (holotype), and the State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth and Mineral Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS), Beijing 100037, People’s Republic of China, catalogue number JX-1
Tang, H., Lv, Q., Deng, Z., Wu, Z., Yan, J., Chen, Z., Gu, X., Zhang, B., Cao, M. and Fan, G. (2025) Jinxiuite, IMA 2025-059. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-060
Perchukite-(Y)
PbYAsSi2O8
Pcu-Y
Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, upper reaches of the Darai-Pioz River, Tajikistan (39°30’ N, 70°40’ E)
Atali A. Agakhanov, Natalia V. Zubkova, Radek Škoda, Igor V. Pekov, Leonid A. Pautov, Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Vitaliya А. Аgakhanova, Sergey N. Britvin and Pavel Y. Plechov
Neuer Strukturtyp; Struktur ermittelt
Monoklin
C2/c
a = 18.649(1), b = 7.5535(4), c = 10.4632(6) Å, β = 106.306(7)°
8.95(46), 6.95(34), 5.02(17), 3.88(29), 3.23(24), 3.02(100), 2.955(52), 2.886(36)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Pr. 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia, registration number 6276/1
Agakhanov, A.A., Zubkova, N.V., Škoda, R., Pekov, I.V., Pautov, L.A., Karpenko, V.Y., Kasatkin, A.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Аgakhanova, V.A., Britvin, S.N. and Plechov, P.Y. (2025) Perchukite-(Y), IMA 2025-060. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-063
Nybergite
Ca4Sc3Sn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH)3
Nbg
Szklarska Poręba Huta quarry, Lower Silesia, Poland (50°49’40” N, 15°29’02” E)
Adam Pieczka, Sylwia Zelek-Pogudz, Bożena Gołębiowska, Katarzyna Mil, Bogdan Rutkowski, Katarzyna M. Stadnicka and Roy Kristiansen
Kristiansenite-Gruppe; Struktur ermittelt
Triklin
C-1
a = 10.0753(3), b = 8.4542(2), c = 13.3605(4) Å, α = 90.002(3), β = 109.395(2), γ = 89.995(2)°
5.206(34), 5.205(34), 4.598(32), 3.151(100), 3.112(75), 2.916(26), 2.376(23), 2.212(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland, catalogue number MMUWr IV8149
Pieczka, A., Zelek-Pogudz, S., Gołębiowska, B., Mil, K., Rutkowski, B., Stadnicka, K.M. and Kristiansen, R. (2025) Nybergite, IMA 2025-063. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-065
Henrysunite
Na2(C2H3O3)2(H2O)
Hsn
Western end of Pusch Ridge, Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona, USA (32°21’40” N, 110°57’29” W, 975 m a.s.l.)
Hexiong Yang, Anthony R. Kampf, Warren Lazar, Ronald B. Gibbs and Robert T. Downs
Chemically similar to glecklerite; Struktur ermittelt
Orthorhombisch
Ama2
a = 6.3986(2), b = 20.3028(6), c = 5.8384(2) Å
5.617(76), 3.645(45), 3.205(72), 2.709(48), 2.592(52), 2.352(100), 1.994(60), 1.636(32)
Type 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. 22748 (holotype), and the RRUFF Project, deposition no. R240005 (cotype)
Yang, H., Kampf, A.R., Lazar, W., Gibbs, R.B. and Downs, R.T. (2025) Henrysunite, IMA 2025-065. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025

IMA 2025-066
Chorążewiczite
Pb2Fe3+(Te6+O6)(HCO3)
Cwz
On a dump of the Delamar mine, Delamar district, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA (37°27’45” N, 114°46’08” W – holotype); Aga mine, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino Co., California, USA (35°16’20” N, 116°05’42” W – cotype)
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Robert M. Housley, Owen P. Missen and Chi Ma
Das bicarbonate Analog von müllerite; Struktur ermittelt
Trigonal
P312
a = 5.199(4), c = 8.583(4) Å
4.493(53), 3.972(28), 3.113(100), 2.599(51), 2.251(17), 1.997(26), 1.924(28), 1.584(27)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 77380 (holotype, Delamar mine), 777381 (cotype, Delamar mine) and 77382 (cotype, Aga mine)
Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Housley, R.M., Missen. O.P. and Ma, C. (2025) Chorążewiczite, IMA 2025-066. CNMNC Newsletter 88, Mineralogical Magazine, 89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-921-2025