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Skogbyite, Zr(Mg2Mn3+4)SiO12, a new zirconium mineral in the braunite group from Långban, Bergslagen, Sweden
Erik Jonsson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Sweden, 751 28 Uppsala, Sweden
Mineralogy, Petrology and Tectonics, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Ulf Hålenius
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Jaroslaw Majka
Mineralogy, Petrology and Tectonics, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Ferdinando Bosi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
CNR-IGAG c/o Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Ian E. Grey, Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, William G. Mumme, Nicholas C. Wilson, and Cameron J. Davidson
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 169–179, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-169-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-169-2025, 2025
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Fluormacraeite is the first type mineral to be described from the Plößberg pegmatite, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. The crystal structure of fluormacraeite has been refined using synchrotron data that has resolved a small monoclinic distortion due to ordering of K and H2O. The general crystal–chemical properties of the monoclinic paulkerrite-group minerals are discussed.
Nikita V. Chukanov, Vasilisa M. Gridchina, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Natalia V. Zubkova, and Igor V. Pekov
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 133–142, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-133-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-133-2025, 2025
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The nolanite supergroup has been established and approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association. It contains eight mineral species with the nolanite-type structure. The nolanite supergroup is subdivided into three groups (nolanite, kamiokite, and rinmanite groups). After significant changes, the classification of the nolanite supergroup was approved again.
Tonči Balić-Žunić, Anna Garavelli, Donatella Mitolo, Fabrizio Nestola, Martha Giovanna Pamato, Maja Bar Rasmussen, and Morten Bjerkvig Jølnæs
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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
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Dacostaite is a new fluoride–arsenate mineral found in the Sb(Au) deposit of the Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Tuscany, Italy). It shows a novel crystal structure formed by heteropolyhedral layers and isolated Mg(H2O)6 groups connected by H bonds. The heteropolyhedral layers are similar to those occurring in alunite-supergroup minerals, and this is a further example of the ability of nature to use similar modules in forming the large number of currently known structural arrangements.
Cristian Biagioni, Enrico Mugnaioli, Sofia Lorenzon, Daniela Mauro, Silvia Musetti, Jiří Sejkora, Donato Belmonte, Nicola Demitri, and Zdeněk Dolníček
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 1011–1022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1011-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1011-2024, 2024
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Nannoniite, Al2(OH)5F, is a new mineral species discovered in the Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Tuscany, Italy). Its description was possible through a multi-technique approach, and its crystal structure was solved through three-dimensional electron diffraction, revealing close relations with gibbsite. The partial replacement of (OH) by F induces subtle by detectable structural changes. This study reveals that Al hydroxides could be a source of F in geological environments.
Anthony R. Kampf, Joy Désor, and Chi Ma
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 873–878, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-873-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-873-2024, 2024
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Karlseifertite is a new member of the dussertite group of the alunite supergroup from Tsumeb, Namibia. It is the first member of the dussertite group to be described based upon valency-imposed double site occupancy in the octahedrally coordinated cation site. It is also the first member of the alunite supergroup containing essential Ge.
Marco E. Ciriotti, Uwe Kolitsch, Fernando Cámara, Pietro Vignola, Frédéric Hatert, Erica Bittarello, Roberto Bracco, and Giorgio Maria Bortolozzi
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 863–872, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-863-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-863-2024, 2024
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The article provides the standard description of bonacinaite, Sc3+(AsO4)·2H2O, the first natural scandium arsenate. The new mineral species was found in a few specimens in the dumps of the old Varenche Mine, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, which is therefore the type locality and the only locality in the world. Bonacinaite forms colourless (with faint to distinct violet tints), pseudohexagonal, thick tabular crystals, up to 0.25 mm in size, or as small, faintly violet lath-shaped crystals.
Richard Pažout, Michal Dušek, Jiří Sejkora, Jakub Plášil, Gheorghe Ilinca, and Zdeněk Dolníček
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 641–656, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-641-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-641-2024, 2024
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A new sulfosalt mineral species, lazerckerite, Ag3.7Pb4.6(Sb7.9Bi3.8)Σ11.7S24, has been found, identified, structurally solved, and approved by the IMA. The mineral belongs to the Sb–Bi mixed members of the andorite branch of the lillianite homologous series. The description and characterization of the mineral are presented, and the ways of distinguishing the mineral from other similar members of the group on the basis of chemical results are explained.
Anthony R. Kampf, Gerhard Möhn, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, Joy Désor, and Yunbin Guan
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 605–614, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-605-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-605-2024, 2024
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Rotherkopfite is the first member of the neptunite group that does not contain lithium in its chemical formula. It was found at Rother Kopf, Eifel volcanic fields, Germany, where in occurs in cavities in a quartz–sanidine fragment embedded in a volcanic rock. Rotherkopfite occurs as dark brownish-red crystals, up to about 0.2 mm across. The intriguing crystal structure is based on two interwoven three-dimensional frameworks.
Cristian Biagioni, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, Fabrizio Nestola, Radek Škoda, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy, Atali A. Agakhanov, and Natalia N. Koshlyakova
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 529–540, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-529-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-529-2024, 2024
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Zvěstovite-(Fe) is a new, Ag-rich, member of the tetrahedrite group, the most widespread sulfosalts in ore deposits. Its discovery stresses the chemical variability of this mineral group, allowing for a better understanding of the structural plasticity of these compounds, which are able to host a plethora of different elements typical of hydrothermal environments.
Rupert Hochleitner, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, William G. Mumme, and Nicholas C. Wilson
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 541–554, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-541-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-541-2024, 2024
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The paper describes the characterisation of fluor-rewitzerite, a new mineral species belonging to the paulkerrite group. The crystal structure of fluor-rewitzerite has been refined using microfocus synchrotron diffraction data, which allowed 25 of the possible 30 H atoms to be located, thus establishing key features of the H bonding. Crystallochemical trends are reviewed for seven recently characterised monoclinic paulkerrite-group minerals.
Kai Qu, Xianzhang Sima, Xiangping Gu, Weizhi Sun, Guang Fan, Zeqiang Yang, and Yanjuan Wang
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 397–409, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-397-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-397-2024, 2024
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In this paper, the full description of the extremely rare [Ag6]4+-cluster-containing new tetrahedrite-group mineral kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn) is reported. The structure refinement result confirms the coupling between the site occupancy factor of subvalent hexasilver clusters at the M(2) site and that of the vacancy at the S(2) site. This relationship further substantiates the charge balance substitution mechanism of S-deficiency tetrahedrites: 6M(2)Ag+ + S(2)S2– = M(2)[Ag6]4+ + S(2)□.
Dan Holtstam, Jörgen Langhof, Henrik Friis, Andreas Karlsson, and Muriel Erambert
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 311–322, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-311-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-311-2024, 2024
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We described two new minerals, igelströmite and manganoschafarzikite, from the Långban manganese–iron deposit in Värmland, Sweden. The chemical formulae are Fe3+(Sb3+Pb2+)O4 and Mn2+Sb3+2O4, respectively. They belong to a new mineral group, where all members have the same crystal structure. It is called the minium group, after the lead-oxide mineral that is the oldest known substance of this kind.
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, and Kate Helwig
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 301–310, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-301-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-301-2024, 2024
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The first lanthanum-dominant mckelveyite group mineral, alicewilsonite-(YLa), Na2Sr2YLa(CO3)6∙3H2O, was found at the Paratoo copper mine, South Australia, Australia.
Ian E. Grey, Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, William G. Mumme, and Nicholas C. Wilson
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 267–278, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-267-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-267-2024, 2024
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Macraeite is the fourth type mineral to be described from the Mangualde pegmatite, Portugal, and is the first paulkerrite-group mineral to be characterised from the locality. Its crystal structure has been refined using synchrotron diffraction data, and its chemical analysis, Raman spectrum, and optical properties are reported.
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, and Kate Helwig
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 183–194, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-183-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-183-2024, 2024
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The new mckelveyite group mineral bainbridgeite-(YCe) was found at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.
Thomas Malcherek, Boriana Mihailova, Jochen Schlüter, Philippe Roth, and Nicolas Meisser
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 153–164, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-153-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-153-2024, 2024
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The new mineral heimite was originally discovered on the mine dumps of the Grosses Chalttal deposit, Mürtschenalp district, Glarus, Switzerland. Its relatively simple chemistry is formed by water and ions of lead, copper, arsenic, hydrogen and oxygen. The mineral's crystal structure is related to the well-known duftite, which is also observed to grow on crystals of heimite. While heimite has so far only been found in the central Alps, it is expected to occur in other copper deposits worldwide.
Gabriela R. Ferracutti, Lucía M. Asiain, Antonella S. Antonini, Juan E. Tanzola, and M. Luján Ganuza
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 87–98, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-87-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-87-2024, 2024
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The paper proposes an application called OxyEMG (Oxyspinel group End-Member Generator), which is an improved version of EMG. This tool allows for calculating the portions of 31 end-members of the oxyspinel group from data obtained with an electron microprobe. This is fundamental since this group of minerals is considered to be tectonic tracers; their integral composition should be taken into account and not only those end-members that make up the magnetite or ulvöspinel prisms.
Daniel Atencio, Andrezza A. Azzi, Kai Qu, Ritsuro Miyawaki, Ferdinando Bosi, and Koichi Momma
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 1027–1030, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, 2023
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This article introduces a new nomenclature system for the cerite group minerals. This system was necessary to allow the nomenclature of new species of minerals that are currently being described.
Jiří Sejkora, Cristian Biagioni, Pavel Škácha, Silvia Musetti, Anatoly V. Kasatkin, and Fabrizio Nestola
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 897–907, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-897-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-897-2023, 2023
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We present the description of new mineral – a Cd-dominant member of the tetrahedrite group, tetrahedrite-(Cd), from the Radětice deposit near Příbram, Czech Republic. All necessary data including crystal structure were successfully determined, and the mineral and its name have been approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (number 2022-115).
Ian E. Grey, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, Nicholas C. Wilson, William G. Mumme, and Ferdinando Bosi
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 909–919, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, 2023
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The paper describes the formal establishment of the paulkerrite group of minerals and its nomenclature. It includes the application of a site-merging procedure, coupled with a site-total-charge analysis, to obtain unambiguous end-member formulae. Application of the procedure has resulted in the revision of the end-member formulae for several of the group members.
Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, and Colin M. MacRae
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 805–812, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-805-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-805-2023, 2023
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Regerite is the first new mineral species to be described from the Kreuzberg pegmatite, Pleystein, in the Oberpfalz, Bavaria. It has been characterised using electron microprobe analysis, Raman spectroscopy, optical measurements and a synchrotron-based single-crystal structure refinement. The structure type for regerite has not been previously reported.
Daniela Mauro, Cristian Biagioni, Jiří Sejkora, Zdeněk Dolníček, and Radek Škoda
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 703–714, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-703-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-703-2023, 2023
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Batoniite is a new mineral species belonging to the Al2O3–SO3–H2O ternary system, first found in the Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Tuscany, Italy). This hydrated Al sulfate shows a novel crystal structure, characterized by Al octamers, so far reported in only synthetic compounds.
Ian E. Grey, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, Robert W. Gable, William G. Mumme, Nicholas C. Wilson, Alexander M. Glenn, and Cameron Davidson
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 635–643, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-635-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-635-2023, 2023
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Hochleitnerite is a new member of the paulkerrite group of minerals. Its crystal structure, chemical analyses and Raman spectroscopy are reported, and its crystallochemical properties are discussed in relation to other group members.
Lyudmila M. Lyalina, Ekaterina A. Selivanova, and Frédéric Hatert
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 427–437, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-427-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-427-2023, 2023
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There are unresolved problems related to the nomenclature and identification of mineral species belonging to the triphylite group of minerals. They can be solved by discarding the traditional views on succession of mineral species during oxidation. In other words, it is necessary to separate the concepts of the origin of the mineral and the boundaries of the species.
Yves Moëlo
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 333–346, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-333-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-333-2023, 2023
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Pyrite crystals with rhombohedral morphology have been known for a long time and were considered up to now as curiosities. The morphological study of well-crystallized, centimeter-sized crystals, often twinned, from the Madan Pb–Zn ore field permitted us to define such a pyrite variety as a pseudo-cubic trigonal derivative of pyrite.
Ian E. Grey, Rupert Hochleitner, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, John D. Cashion, Christian Rewitzer, and William G. Mumme
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 295–304, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-295-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-295-2023, 2023
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Manganrockbridgeite, Mn2+2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O), a new member of the rockbridgeite group, has been characterised using electron microprobe analyses, Mössbauer spectroscopy, optical properties and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Whereas other rockbridgeite-group minerals have orthorhombic symmetry with a statistical distribution of 50%Fe3+/50% vacancies in M3-site octahedra, monoclinic manganrockbridgeite has full ordering of Fe3+ and vacancies in alternate M3 sites along the 5.2 Å axis.
Ian E. Grey, Rupert Hochleitner, Christian Rewitzer, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, Robert W. Gable, William G. Mumme, Erich Keck, and Cameron Davidson
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 189–197, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-189-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-189-2023, 2023
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Pleysteinite has been approved as a new mineral species, and we describe here the characterisation of the mineral and its relationship to related minerals benyacarite, paulkerrite and mantienneite. The characterisation includes the determination and refinement of the crystal structure, electron microprobe analyses, optical properties and interpretation of its Raman spectrum.
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Gerald Giester, Kelsie Ojaste, and Henrik Friis
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 133–142, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-133-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-133-2023, 2023
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A new mineral group – the mckelveyite group – consisting of seven carbonate minerals was established. One of the seven members, donnayite-(Y), was re-investigated and its belonging to the mckelveyite group was confirmed.
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, and Kate Helwig
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 143–155, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-143-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-143-2023, 2023
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Alicewilsonite-(YCe), a new mckelveyite group, was found at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, and subsequently at the Saint-Amable sill, Quebec, Canada, and the Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Rupert Hochleitner, Christian Rewitzer, Ian E. Grey, William G. Mumme, Colin M. MacRae, Anthony R. Kampf, Erich Keck, Robert W. Gable, and Alexander M. Glenn
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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The paper gives a characterisation of the new mineral species, whiteite-(CaMnFe), which has recently been approved as a new mineral (proposal IMA2022-077). The study included a single-crystal structure refinement that, when combined with electron microprobe analyses, confirmed that the mineral was a new member of the whiteite subgroup of the jahnsite group of minerals. Relationships between the crystal structure and the unit-cell parameters for the whiteite-subgroup minerals are discussed.
Cristian Biagioni, Ferdinando Bosi, Daniela Mauro, Henrik Skogby, Andrea Dini, and Federica Zaccarini
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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Dutrowite is the first tourmaline supergroup minerals having Ti as a species-defining chemical constituent. Its finding improves our knowledge on the crystal chemistry of this important mineral group and allows us to achieve a better picture of the mechanisms favouring the incorporation of Ti.
Chengyang Sun, Taijin Lu, Mingyue He, Zhonghua Song, and Yi Deng
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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It was determined that growth bands showing the straight birefringence in octahedral sectors and the enrichment of graphite inclusions in cuboid sectors of Zimbabwean mixed-habit diamonds may both be due to the fluctuation of temperature during crystallization, and they displayed positive anomalies of plastic deformation, residual stress, nitrogen concentration, and VN3H defects. This conclusion clearly revealed the correlation between birefringence and spectroscopic properties of diamonds.
Derek D. V. Leung and Paige E. dePolo
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 523–538, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-523-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-523-2022, 2022
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Minerals have complex crystal structures, but many common minerals are built from the same chemical building blocks. TotBlocks is a novel, open-source tool for investigating these structures. It consists of 3D-printed modules representing the silica tetrahedra and metal–oxygen octahedra that form the shared chemical building blocks of rock-forming minerals. TotBlocks is a low-cost visualization tool that relates mineral properties (habit, cleavage, and symmetry) to crystal structures.
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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A new mineral has been discovered, an amphibole, with the name ferri-taramite, which has now been approved by the International Mineralogical Association. The paper discusses the significance of the discovery in relation to other amphiboles found worldwide. This taramite is unique in that it is from a skarn associated with ore and is not of magmatic origin. For the description we have used many methods, including X-ray diffraction, chemical analyses and several types of spectroscopy.
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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Ferro-ferri-holmquistite (IMA2022-020), ideal formula ☐Li2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2, was found in albitized granite from the Iwagi islet, Ehime, Japan. It is a Fe2+Fe3+ analogue of holmquistite and belongs to the lithium subgroup amphiboles. Ferro-ferri-holmquistite occurs as blue acicular crystals typically replacing the biotite and is the product of metasomatic mineral replacement reactions by dissolution–reprecipitation processes associated with Na- and Li-rich hydrothermal fluids.
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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Liguowuite, a new member of the non-stoichiometric perovskite group minerals, ideally WO3, has been found in the Panzhihua–Xichang region, China. Liguowuite is monoclinic and is in space group P21 / n, with a = 7.32582(18) Å, b = 7.54767(18) Å, c = 7.71128(18) Å, β = 90.678(3)°, V = 426.348(19) Å3, and Z = 8. According to the hierarchical scheme for perovskite supergroup minerals, liguowuite is the first reported example of A-site vacant single oxide, i.e., a new perovskite subgroup.
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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Zinkgruvanite, a barium manganese iron silicate with sulfate, is a new mineral found in drill core samples from the Zinkgruvan zinc, lead and silver mine in Sweden. It is associated with other minerals like baryte, barytocalcite, diopside and sulfide minerals. It occurs as flattened and elongated crystals up to 1 mm. It is almost black. Zinkgruvanite is closely related to the mineral yoshimuraite and based on its crystal structure, grouped with the ericssonite group of minerals.
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
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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
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Short summary
Skogbyite, with the chemical formula Zr(Mg2+2Mn3+4)SiO12, is a new species in the braunite group of minerals. It was discovered in a complex mineral assemblage, essentially a very poor manganese ore, from the Långban Fe–Mn oxide deposit, Värmland County, Bergslagen ore province, Sweden. It is named after the Swedish mineralogist Henrik Skogby (b. 1956). It is a new mineral attesting to the localised mobility and reactivity of zirconium under very special geological conditions.
Skogbyite, with the chemical formula Zr(Mg2+2Mn3+4)SiO12, is a new species in the braunite group...
