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.
Each mineral is described in the following format:
Mineral name, if the authors agree on its release prior to the full
description appearing in press Chemical formula (ideal formula) Mineral symbol 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 X-ray powder diffraction pattern Type specimen repository and specimen number Citation details for the mineral prior to publication of full description
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Fabritzite Zn Fbz Hilarion mine (between third and fourth level), Kamariza area, Agios
Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Greece Uwe Kolitsch Closely related to gordaite Trigonal: 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) How to cite: Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Topa, D., Giester, G., and Zeug, M.: Fabritzite, IMA 2020-040, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35,
Nioboixiolite-( (Nb Nbix- Bayan Obo Mine, Inner Mongolia region, China (41 Yike Li Columbite supergroup Orthorhombic: 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 How to cite: Li, Y., Ke, C., Wang, D., Chen, Z., Li, G., Wang, A., Li, R.,
Hu, L., Yu, H., and Zhao, Y.: Nioboixiolite-(
Andrieslombaardite RhSbS Alo Onverwacht platinum pipe, Limpopo Province, South Africa (24 Louis J. Cabri Cobaltite group Cubic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Fluoralforsite Ba Fafr Hatrurim Basin (Negev Desert), Hatrurim Complex, Israel Arkadiusz Krzątała Apatite supergroup Hexagonal: 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 How to cite: 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,
Tzeferisite CaZn Tze Ary Mine, Dimoliaki mines, Dimoliaki, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki,
Attica, Greece Branko Rieck Known synthetic (anthropogenic) analogue Trigonal: 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 How to cite: 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,
Plumbogaidonnayite PbZrSi Pgdn Saima peralkaline complex, about 50 km northeast of Fengcheng City, Liaoning
Province, China (40 Bin Wu, Xiang-ping Gu Gaidonnayite group Orthorhombic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Okruginite Cu Okg Ozernovskoe Au deposit, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (57 Anna Vymazalová Chemically, the Se analogue of mohite Monoclinic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Manuelarossiite PbCaAlF Mnrs From a fumarole after the 1944 eruption of the Vesuvius volcano, Naples
province, Campania, Italy Fabrizio Nestola, Anatoly V. Kasatkin Chemically and structurally related to calcioaravaipaite Monoclinic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Olsenite KFe Ose El Ali meteorite, found in 2020 close to Hiiraan, Somalia Chi Ma New structure type Orthorhombic: 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 How to cite: Ma, C., Herd, C. D. K., and Locock, A. J.: Olsenite, IMA
2022-100, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35,
Ezochiite Cu Ezo Near the sea shore, Tomamae town, Hokkaido, Japan (44 Daisuke Nishio-Hamane Thiospinel group Cubic: 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 How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Saito, K.: Ezochiite, IMA
2022-101, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35,
Mikenewite Mn Mnw San Judas Chimney, Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico (25 Hexiong Yang A dimorph of gravegliaite, and the Mn Monoclinic: 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) How to cite: 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,
Hokkaidoite C Hkd Shikaribetsu area, Kita-urimaku, Shikaoi-cho, Kato-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
(43 Ryoji Tanaka Known synthetic analogue Monoclinic: 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) How to cite: Tanaka, R., Hagiwara, A., Ishibashi, T., and Inoue, Y.:
Hokkaidoite, IMA 2022-104, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35,
Nacareniobsite-(Y) Na Nns-Y Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, upper reaches of the Darai-Pioz River,
Tajikistan (39 Atali A. Agakhanov Seidozerite supergroup Monoclinic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Wortupaite MgNi Wor Wortupa gold mine, 12 km north-north-east of Balcanoona Station, Flinders
Ranges, South Australia, Australia (30 Owen P. Missen Structurally related to zemannite Hexagonal: 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 How to cite: 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,
Ginelfite Ag Glf Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (44 Cristian Biagioni New structure type Triclinic: 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 How to cite: 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,
Wangpuite K Wpu Freedom #2 mine, Central Mining Area, about 5.6 km north-northeast of the
town of Marysvale, Plute Co., Utah, USA (38 Xiangping Gu Known synthetic analogue Cubic: 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) How to cite: Gu, X., Yang, H., Marty, J., Gibbs, R. B., and He, M.:
Wangpuite, IMA 2022-111, in: CNMNC Newsletter 71, Eur. J. Mineral., 35,
The correct symbol for the new mineral asagiite (IMA no. 2022-065) is Asa, and not Asg, as given in CNMNC Newsletter 70.
The akrochordite group is established. It consists of three mineral species:
akrochordite, MnMn