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Grimmite, NiCo2S4, a new thiospinel from Příbram, Czech Republic
Pavel Škácha
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Mining Museum Příbram, Hynka Kličky place 293, 261 01
Příbram VI, Czech Republic
Jiří Sejkora
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Jakub Plášil
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague
8, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Dolníček
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Jana Ulmanová
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 95–103, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-95-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-95-2023, 2023
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 81–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-81-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-81-2023, 2023
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Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 539–547, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-539-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-539-2022, 2022
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Derek D. V. Leung and Paige E. dePolo
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Dan Holtstam, Fernando Cámara, Andreas Karlsson, Henrik Skogby, and Thomas Zack
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 451–462, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-451-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-451-2022, 2022
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Mariko Nagashima, Teruyoshi Imaoka, Takashi Kano, Jun-ichi Kimura, Qing Chang, and Takashi Matsumoto
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 425–438, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-425-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-425-2022, 2022
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Peter Elliott, Ian E. Grey, William G. Mumme, Colin M. MacRae, and Anthony R. Kampf
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 375–383, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-375-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-375-2022, 2022
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This paper describes the characterisation of a new mineral from a South Australian phosphate quarry. The characterisation included chemical analyses, infrared spectroscopy, and a determination and refinement of the crystal structure. The results showed that the mineral has a unique crystal chemistry, but it is closely related to the well-known phosphate mineral crandallite.
Cristian Biagioni, Marco E. Ciriotti, Georges Favreau, Daniela Mauro, and Federica Zaccarini
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 365–374, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-365-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-365-2022, 2022
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The paper reports the type description of the new mineral species graulichite-(La). This is a new addition to the dussertite group within the alunite supergroup, and its discovery improves our knowledge on the crystal chemistry of this important supergroup of minerals, having both technological and environmental applications.
Frank de Wit and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 321–324, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-321-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-321-2022, 2022
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The name sigismundite has been reinstated for what was previously arrojadite-(BaFe). Sigismundite honours Pietro Sigismund (1874–1962), and this paper outlines his significant contributions to Italian mineralogy.
Luboš Vrtiška, Jaromír Tvrdý, Jakub Plášil, Jiří Sejkora, Radek Škoda, Nikita V. Chukanov, Andreas Massanek, Jan Filip, Zdeněk Dolníček, and František Veselovský
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 223–238, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-223-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-223-2022, 2022
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The study of the original material of beraunite from the type locality Hrbek, Czech Rep., from collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) and National Museum Prague (Czech Republic) proved the identity of the minerals beraunite and eleonorite. Because the name beraunite has priority, we consider the name eleonorite to be redundant and proposed to abolish it. The proposal 21-D approved by the IMA discredited eleonorite and accepted the formula of beraunite Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O.
Ian Edward Grey, Peter Elliott, William Gus Mumme, Colin M. MacRae, Anthony R. Kampf, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 215–221, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-215-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-215-2022, 2022
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A reinvestigation of angastonite from the type locality has shown that it is a mixture of crystalline phases and an amorphous phase, with the published formula corresponding to the amorphous phase. A redefinition proposal for angastonite as an amorphous mineral was approved by the IMA CNMNC. Our study showed how the amorphous phase formed and how it progressively recrystallises as new crandallite-related minerals.
Yuan Xue, Ningyue Sun, Hongping He, Aiqing Chen, and Yiping Yang
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 95–108, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-95-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-95-2022, 2022
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Fernando Cámara, Dan Holtstam, Nils Jansson, Erik Jonsson, Andreas Karlsson, Jörgen Langhof, Jaroslaw Majka, and Anders Zetterqvist
Eur. J. Mineral., 33, 659–673, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-659-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-659-2021, 2021
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Biljana Krüger, Evgeny V. Galuskin, Irina O. Galuskina, Hannes Krüger, and Yevgeny Vapnik
Eur. J. Mineral., 33, 341–355, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-341-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-341-2021, 2021
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This is the first description of the new mineral kahlenbergite, found in the Hatrurim Basin, Israel, which is a region with unusual pyrometamorphic rocks. Kahlenbergite is chemically and structurally characterized. It is very similar to β-alumina compounds, which are synthetic materials known for their properties as fast ion conductors. Research in the Hatrurim Basin is needed to understand the complex mechanisms that created this mineralogically diverse
hotspotof new minerals.
Antonia Cepedal, Mercedes Fuertes-Fuente, and Agustín Martin-Izard
Eur. J. Mineral., 33, 165–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-165-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-165-2021, 2021
Thomas Witzke, Martin Schreyer, Benjamin Brandes, René Csuk, and Herbert Pöllmann
Eur. J. Mineral., 33, 1–8, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-1-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-1-2021, 2021
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The new mineral species freitalite, C14H10, corresponding to the aromatic hydrocarbon anthracene, has been discovered on the mine dump of the Königin Carola shaft (Paul Berndt Mine), Freital, near Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Freitalite is a product of pyrolysis of coal and was formed by sublimation from a gas phase. The mineral was identified by several analytical methods.
Stuart J. Mills, Uwe Kolitsch, Georges Favreau, William D. Birch, Valérie Galea-Clolus, and Johannes Markus Henrich
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 637–644, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-637-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-637-2020, 2020
Fahui Xiong, Xiangzhen Xu, Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi, Richard Wirth, Edward S. Grew, Paul T. Robinson, and Jingsui Yang
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 557–574, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-557-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-557-2020, 2020
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Two new nanominerals: titanium monophosphide and titanium disilicide, formed at pressures of Earth’s upper mantle by the action of methane and hydrogen from the mantle on basaltic melts in the Luobusa ophiolite (Tibet). The minerals were characterized by 3D electron diffraction, which can solve the crystal structures of phases less than a micrometer in size. The results contribute to our understanding of deeply subducted crustal rocks and their exhumation back to the Earth's surface.
Yuan Xue, Guowu Li, and Yingmei Xie
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 483–494, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-483-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-483-2020, 2020
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Wumuite, ideally KAl0.33W2.67O9 with a hexagonal tungsten bronze (HTB)-type structure, is another new mineral containing potassium and tungsten found in the Pan–Xi region in China after tewite was discovered. In this study, artificial synthetic experiments have been conducted to explore the formation process of wumuite and tewite. Wumuite was speculated to be formed by a metasomatic reaction between W-rich hydrothermal fluids and the potassium feldspar in the monzonite.
Simon Philippo, Frédéric Hatert, Yannick Bruni, Pietro Vignola, and Jiří Sejkora
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 449–455, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-449-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-449-2020, 2020
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Luxembourgite, ideally AgCuPbBi4Se8, is a new selenide discovered at Bivels, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The mineral forms tiny fibres deposited on dolomite crystals. Its crystal structure is similar to those of litochlebite and watkinsonite, and can be described as an alternation of two types of anionic layers: a pseudotetragonal layer four atoms thick and a pseudohexagonal layer one atom thick. The species named for the city of Luxembourg, close to its locality of discovery.
Anthony R. Kampf, Barbara P. Nash, Jakub Plášil, Jason B. Smith, and Mark N. Feinglos
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 373–385, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-373-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-373-2020, 2020
Cristiano Ferraris, Isabella Pignatelli, Fernando Cámara, Giancarlo Parodi, Sylvain Pont, Martin Schreyer, and Fengxia Wei
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 355–365, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-355-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-355-2020, 2020
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Laurentthomasite is a new mineral from Madagascar showing a very strong dichroism going from deep blue to yellow-green colours. The physical and chemical characteristics of this gem quality mineral bring it to the attention of the jewel industry as well as collectors of cut stones.
Elena Bonaccorsi and Paolo Orlandi
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 347–354, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-347-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-347-2020, 2020
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Molybdates are of a great interest due to their ionic conductivity, negative thermal expansion, and immobilization of radionuclides. The new mineral tancaite-(Ce), FeCe(MoO4)3•3H2O, shows a new structure type never observed in natural and synthetic molybdates. Its cubic average structure may be described as a derivative of the perovskite structure, in which Fe-centred octahedra are linked through MoO4 groups. The ordering of Mo and O atoms results in one or more complex superstructures.
Natale Perchiazzi, Ulf Hålenius, Nicola Demitri, and Pietro Vignola
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 265–273, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-265-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-265-2020, 2020
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Type material for heliophyllite, preserved in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, was re-investigated through a combined EPMA (electron probe X-ray microanalysis), Raman, and X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and single-crystal study. EPMA chemical data, together with Raman and single-crystal structural studies, point to heliophyllite being identical to ecdemite. XRPD synchrotron data highlight the presence of a minor quantity of finely admixed finnemanite in the analyzed material.
Jan Parafiniuk and Frédéric Hatert
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 215–217, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-215-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-215-2020, 2020
Ekaterina Kaneva, Tatiana Radomskaya, Ludmila Suvorova, Irina Sterkhova, and Mikhail Mitichkin
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 137–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-137-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-137-2020, 2020
Tomas Husdal, Ian E. Grey, Henrik Friis, Fabrice Dal Bo, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, W. Gus Mumme, Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad, and Finlay Shanks
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 89–98, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-89-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-89-2020, 2020
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This paper describes the characterization of a new mineral from the Oumlil mine in the Bou Azzer cobalt mining district in Morocco. This mining district is one of the world's largest producers of the important element cobalt. This study on the new mineral halilsarpite provides useful information on the results of chemical weathering processes on the primary arsenide minerals at the mine.
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Grimmite, sulfide of cobalt and nickel, is the new mineral for the mineralogical system.
Grimmite, sulfide of cobalt and nickel, is the new mineral for the mineralogical system.
