Newsletter 55

The information given here is provided by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification for comparative purposes and as a service to mineralogists working on new species.

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Mineral name, if the authors agree on its release prior to the full description appearing in press

Chemical formula

Type locality

Full authorship of proposal

E-mail address of corresponding author

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 APRIL 2020

IMA No. 2019-128

Ammoniotinsleyite

(NH₄)Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)⋅2H₂O

In a guano deposit on the lower part of the steep southern slope of Pabellón de Pica Mountain, near Chanabaya village, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile (20°54′55″S, 70°08′25″W)

Nikita V. Chukanov*, Gerhard Möhn, Igor V. Pekov, Natalia V. Zubkova, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Svetlana A. Vozchikova, Sergey N. Britvin and Joy Desor

*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru

The NH₄-dominant analogue of tinsleyite

Monoclinic: P2₁/n; structure determined

a = 9.5871(1), b = 9.6089(1), c = 9.6467(1) Å, β = 103.446(1)°

7.50(23), 6.71(79), 5.947(100), 4.676(36), 3.032(28), 2.958(25), 2.846(22), 2.635(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 5510/1

How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Möhn, G., Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vozchikova, S.A., Britvin, S.N. and Desor, J. (2020) Ammoniotinsleyite, IMA 2019-128. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-129

Tomamaeite

Cu₃Pt

As inclusions in platinum-group mineral (PGM) grain from the coast, Tomamae town, Hokkaido, Japan (44°17′09″N, 141°38′58″E)

Daisuke Nishio-Hamane* and Katsuyuki Saito

*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp

The Pt analogue of auricupride

Cubic: Pm $\overline 3 $m

a = 3.683(2) Å

2.596(35), 2.123(100), 1.843(96), 1.646(28), 1.303(42)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen number NSM-47328

How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Saito, K. (2020) Tomamaeite, IMA 2019-129. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-130

Pokhodyashinite

Cu₂Tl₃Sb₅As₂S₁₃

Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, ca. 13 km S of the city of Krasnotur'insk, Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Northern Urals, Russia (59°38′52″N, 60°12′55″E)

Anatoly V. Kasatkin*, Emil Makovicky, Jakub Plášil, Radek Škoda, Atali A. Agakhanov and Mikhail V. Tsyganko

*E-mail: anatoly.kasatkin@gmail.com

New structure type

Triclinic: P $\overline 1 $; structure determined

a = 7.996(2), b = 11.882(2), c = 14.061(3) Å, α = 109.80(2), β = 90.04(2), γ = 99.68(2)°

3.836(53), 3.834(55), 3.674(100), 3.463(97), 2.996(67), 2.994(73), 2.847(41), 2.750(98)

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 5517/1

How to cite: Kasatkin, A.V., Makovicky, E., Plášil, J., Škoda, R., Agakhanov, A.A. and Tsyganko, M.V. (2020) Pokhodyashinite, IMA 2019-130. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-131

Trebiskyite

Na₃Mg₂[TiV₉O₂₈]⋅22H₂O

Pickett Corral mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA (38°11′43″N, 108°50′36″W)

Travis A. Olds*, Anthony R. Kampf, Mark A. Cooper, Paul M. Adams and Joe Marty

*E-mail: toldxls@gmail.com

New structure type

Monoclinic: P2₁/c; structure determined

a = 9.478(4), b = 21.426(11), c = 11.267(5) Å, β = 114.572(7)°

10.73(87), 9.24(100), 8.52(78), 7.99(52), 3.294(18), 3.056(26), 2.855(18), 2.752(23)

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 74521, 74522, 74523 and 74524

How to cite: Olds, T.A., Kampf, A.R., Cooper, M.A., Adams, P.M. and Marty, J. (2020) Trebiskyite, IMA 2019-131. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-132

Pyradoketosite

Ag₃SbS₃

Sant'Olga tunnel, Monte Arsiccio mine, Stazzema (LU), Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°58′N, 10°17′E)

Cristian Biagioni*, Luca Bindi, Yves Moëlo, Christopher J. Stanley and Federica Zaccarini

*E-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi.it

A polymorph of Ag₃SbS₃ after pyrargyrite and pyrostilpnite

Monoclinic: P2₁/n; structure determined

a = 13.751(1), b = 6.9350(6), c = 19.555(2) Å, β = 94.807(4)°

6.4(w), 3.381(mw), 3.035(s), 2.505(mw), 2.441(mw), 2.160(mw), 1.912(mw), 1.878(mw)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italy, catalogue number 19913

How to cite: Biagioni, C., Bindi, L., Moëlo, Y., Stanley, C.J. and Zaccarini, F. (2020) Pyradoketosite, IMA 2019-132. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-133

Nioboheftetjernite

ScNbO₄

Befanamo, 80 km N of Antananarivo, along upper Betsiboka River, Analamanga, Madagascar

Inna Lykova*, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Andrew M. McDonald and Gerald Giester

*E-mail: ilykova@nature.ca

Wolframite group

Monoclinic: P2₁/c; structure determined

a = 4.7092(3), b = 5.6531(4), c = 5.0530(4) Å, β = 90.453(3)°

4.722(22), 3.776(22), 3.628(44), 2.961(100), 2.938(83), 2.534(18), 2.472(30), 1.445(21)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 51710

How to cite: Lykova, I., Rowe, R., Poirier, G., McDonald, A.M. and Giester, G. (2020) Nioboheftetjernite, IMA 2019-133. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-134

Natrosulfatourea

Na₂(SO₄)[CO(NH₂)₂]

Rowley mine (125-foot level), ca. 20 km NW of Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA (33°02′57″N, 113°01′50″W)

Anthony R. Kampf*, Aaron J. Celestian, Barbara P. Nash and Joe Marty

*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org

New structure type

Orthorhombic: Pbcn; structure determined

a = 5.5918(4), b = 18.181(1), c = 6.7179(5) Å

9.08(100), 5.34(36), 4.179(77), 3.765(34), 3.047(61), 2.835(29), 2.792(29), 2.599(33)

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 74491 and 74492

How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Celestian, A.J., Nash, B.P. and Marty, J. (2020) Natrosulfatourea, IMA 2019-134. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-135

Arsenotučekite

Ni₁₈Sb₃AsS₁₆

Tsangli chromite deposit, Othrys ophiolite, Greece

Federica Zaccarini*, Luca Bindi, Basilios Tsikouras, Tassos Grammatikopoulos, Christopher J. Stanley and Giorgio Garuti

*E-mail: federica.zaccarini@unileoben.ac.at

Hauchecornite group

Tetragonal: I4/mmm; structure determined

a = 9.7856(3), c = 10.7582(6) Å

3.560(56), 3.094(85), 2.682(81), 2.357(96), 2.188(75), 1.810(100), 1.751(91), 1.730(47)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, catalogue number BM 2020,1

How to cite: Zaccarini, F., Bindi, L., Tsikouras, B., Grammatikopoulos, T., Stanley, C.J. and Garuti, G. (2020) Arsenotučekite, IMA 2019-135. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2019-136

Richardsite

Zn₂CuGaS₄

Merelani mines, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Luca Bindi and John A. Jaszczak

*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it

Stannite group

Tetragonal: I $\overline 4 $2m; structure determined

a = 5.3626(2), c = 10.5873(5) Å

3.084(100), 1.898(20), 1.882(40), 1.614(20), 1.600(10), 1.092(10)

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 3555/I

How to cite: Bindi, L. and Jaszczak, J.A. (2020) Arsenotučekite, IMA 2019-135. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2020

IMA No. 2020-001

Heamanite-(Ce)

(K_0.5Ce_0.5)TiO₃

As inclusions in a diamond from the Gahcho Kué mine (5034 pipe), Northwest Territories, Canada (63°26′04″N, 109°11′10″W)

Chiara Anzolini*, William Siva-Jothy, Andrew J. Locock, Fabrizio Nestola, Tonci Balić-Žunić, Matteo Alvaro, Thomas Stachel and D. Graham Pearson

E-mail: anzolini@ualberta.ca

Perovskite group

Cubic: Pm $\overline 3 $m; structure determined

a = 3.9129(9) Å

2.764(100), 2.259(7), 1.954(31), 1.596(42), 1.382(20), 1.236(15), 1.128(8), 1.045(19)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada, catalogue number M59970

How to cite: Anzolini, C., Siva-Jothy, W., Locock, A.J., Nestola, F., Balić-Žunić, T., Alvaro, M., Stachel, T. and Pearson, D.G. (2020) Heamanite-(Ce), IMA 2020-001. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2020-002

Priscillagrewite-(Y)

YCa₂Zr₂Al₃O₁₂

Daba marble quarry, Tulul Al Hammam area, Hatrurim Complex, Jordan (31°32′31″N, 36°10′19″E)

Irina Galuskina*, Evgeny Galuskin, Yevgeny Vapnik, Grzegorz Zeliński and Krystian Prusik

*E-mail: irina.galuskina@us.edu.pl

Garnet supergroup

Cubic: Ia $\overline 3 $d

a = 12.50(3) Å

4.420(100), 3.126(82), 2.796(36), 2.552(86), 2.452(11), 2.283(12), 2.028(9), 1.977(40)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18/k, Moscow 115162, Russia, catalogue number 5540/1

How to cite: Galuskina, I., Galuskin, E., Vapnik, Y., Zeliński, G. and Prusik, K. (2020) Priscillagrewite-(Y), IMA 2020-002. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2020-003

Manganoarrojadite-(KNa)

KNa₅MnFe₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂

Palermo No. 1 mine, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA (43°45′04″N, 71°53′22″W)

Inna Lykova*, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis and Kate Helwig

*E-mail: ilykova@nature.ca

Arrojadite group

Monoclinic: Cc; structure determined

a = 16.5345(3), b = 10.0406(2), c = 24.6261(5) Å, β = 105.891(2)°

5.902(24), 5.025(24), 3.401(21), 3.208(47), 3.048(100), 2.853(20), 2.758(24), 2.704(70)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2R1, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 47194

How to cite: Lykova, I., Rowe, R., Poirier, G., Friis, H. and Helwig, K. (2020) Manganoarrojadite-(KNa), IMA 2020-003. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2020-005

Crocobelonite

CaFe³⁺₂O(PO₄)₂

In paralavas exposed in phosphorite quarry, Daba-Siwaqa pyrometamorphic complex, Transjordan Plateau, Jordan (31°21′52″N, 36°10′55″E)

Sergey N. Britvin*, Mikhail N. Murashko, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Natalia S. Vlasenko, Oleg S. Vereshchagin, Yevgeny Vapnik and Dmitrii V. Pankin

*E-mail: sbritvin@gmail.com

New structure type

Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined

a = 14.2757(1), b = 6.3832(1), c = 7.3169(1) Å

6.54(16), 5.12(26), 3.549(100), 3.200(50), 2.912(19), 2.869(40), 2.662(21), 2.264(20)

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 5559/1

How to cite: Britvin, S.N., Murashko, M.N., Krzhizhanovskaya, M.G., Vlasenko, N.S., Vereshchagin, O.S., Vapnik, Y. and Pankin, D.V. (2020) Crocobelonite, IMA 2020-005. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2020-006

Bimbowrieite

NaMgFe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆⋅2H₂O

White Rock No. 2 quarry, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, 24 km N of Olary, South Australia, Australia (32°04′S, 140°19′E)

Peter Elliott and Anthony R. Kampf

*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au

Dufrénite group

Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined

a = 25.995(5), b = 5.151(1), c = 13.892(3) Å, β = 111.61(3)°

12.3(63), 5.04(100), 3.443(96), 3.234(93), 3.919(84), 2.884(60), 2.433(61), 1.586(65)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G34867

How to cite: Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2020) Bimbowrieite, IMA 2020-006. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

IMA No. 2020-007

Plumboperloffite

PbMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃

In the dumps of the Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia (31°57′42″S, 140°27′34″E)

Peter Elliott and Anthony R. Kampf

*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au

The Pb analogue of perloffite

Monoclinic: P2₁/m; structure determined

a = 9.176(2), b = 12.340(3), c = 5.009(1) Å, β = 101.01(3)°

5.105(40), 4.583(30), 3.158(100), 2.950(42), 2.738(58), 2.205(30), 1.992(29), 1.938(57)

Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G34868

How to cite: Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2020) Plumboperloffite, IMA 2020-007. CNMNC Newsletter No. 55; Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.39

NOMENCLATURE/CLASSIFICATION PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MAY 2020

IMA 20-A: Discreditation of surkhobite

Proposal 20-A is accepted. Surkhobite is discredited as it is identical to perraultite which has priority.