Al₅₂Cu₃₀Fe₁₁Si₇

Pxd

In a micro-spherule of a micrometeorite found on top of Mt. Gariglione, about 65 km north of the city of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy (39°07^′55^′′ N, 16°40^′12^′′ E)

Giovanna Agrosì, Enrico Mugnaioli, Guangming Cheng, Nan Yao, Johan Villeneuve, and Luca Bindi^*

^* E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it

Known synthetic analogue

Cubic: Pm3‾; structure determined

a=12.3443(4) Å

3.904(11), 3.424(22), 3.299(12), 2.117(61), 2.057(25), 2.002(100), 1.952(8), 1.247(31)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Scienze della Terra, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy, registration number 19/nm

How to cite: Agrosì, G., Mugnaioli, E., Cheng, G., Yao, N., Villeneuve, J., and Bindi, L.: Proxicosahedrite, IMA 2023-077c, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

BaGe(Ge₃O₉)

Wsh

Wusihe lead–zinc deposit, Sichuan Province, China (29°16^′27^′′ N, 102°53^′23^′′ E)

Hanjie Wen, Chuanwei Zhu, Yiping Yang, Zhenyi Tan, Jiaxin Xi, Haiyang Xian, Jianxi Zhu^*, and Hongping He

^* E-mail: zhujx@gig.ac.cn

The Ge–Ge analogue of benitoite

Trigonal: P321; structure determined

a=11.7492(3), c=4.7781(1) Å

5.913(50), 3.639(40), 2.493(21), 2.400(17), 1.995(78), 1.369(54), 1.289(32), 1.139(199)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the National Geological Museum of China, No. 16, Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, People's Republic of China, catalogue number GMCTM2026004

How to cite: Wen, H., Zhu, C., Yang, Y., Tan, Z., Xi, J., Xian, H., Zhu, J., and He, H.: Wusiheite, IMA 2025-083a, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

NH₄Br

Bram

From an active vent in a burning bituminous shale of the Monterey formation, on a sea cliff talus slope along the Pacific coast, Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA (34°24^′35.2^′′ N, 119°45^′59.1^′′ W)

Anthony R. Kampf^*, Paul M. Adams, Chi Ma, and David K. Lynch

^* E-mail: akampf@nhm.org

The bromine analogue of salammoniac

Cubic: Pm3m; structure determined

a=4.0161(2) Å

4.013(45), 2.838(100), 2.318(15), 2.007(16), 1.796(22), 1.639(30), 1.339(10), 1.270(11)

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 number 77410 and 77411

How to cite: Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Ma, C., and Lynch, D. K.: Bromammoniac, IMA 2025-103a, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

[Hg32+S₂](SO₄)

Ugr

Mariquita mine (20 m level), Badajoz Province, Extremadura Autonomous Community, Spain (38°21^′23^′′ N, 6°11^′03^′′ W)

Christopher Emproto^*, Travis A. Olds, Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf, Anthony R. Kampf, Chi Ma, and Michael Cox

^* E-mail: emprotoc@carnegiemnh.org

Chemically, the sulfate analogue of alexearlite

Monoclinic: P2₁; structure determined

a=14.2049(5), b=8.2089(3), c=14.2085(5) Å, β=120.009(2)°

4.922(36), 4.077(24), 3.892(77), 3.551(28), 3.082(47), 2.880(100), 2.045(27), 1.775(46)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, catalogue numbers CM35010 (holotype) and CM35011 (cotype)

How to cite: Emproto, C., Olds, T. A., Sainz de Baranda Graf, B., Kampf, A. R., Ma, C., and Cox, M.: Usagreite, IMA 2026-018, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Ca₂Mn³⁺AlMn³⁺(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃

Amcf

Kokuriki mine, Tokoro, Kitami City, Hokkaido, Japan (43°99^′62^′′ N, 143°94^′27^′′ E)

Mariko Nagashima^* and Daisuke Nishio-Hamane

^* E-mail: nagashim@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

The Al analogue of macfallite

Monoclinic: P2₁/m; structure determined

a=8.9239(4), b=6.0380(2), c=10.1530(5) Å, β=110.202(5)°

4.76(37), 3.88(63), 2.95(100), 2.71(53), 2.67(41), 2.55(65), 2.39(41), 1.63(52)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan, specimen number NSM-M54121

How to cite: Nagashima, M. and Nishio-Hamane, D.: Aluminomacfallite, IMA 2026-019, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

[Ni22+Fe43+O₂(OH)₁₀](CO₃) ⋅ 3H₂O

Lco

Lagoscuro mine, Ceranesi (GE), Liguria, Italy (44°28^′35^′′ N, 8°51^′35^′′ E)

Donato Belmonte^*, Cristian Biagioni, Jiří Sejkora, Giovanni Orazio Lepore, Gabriele Giuli, Valeria De Santis, Radek Škoda, and Zdeněk Dolníček

^* E-mail: donato.belmonte@unige.it

Hydrotalcite supergroup

Trigonal: R3‾m; structure determined

a=3.0769(2), c=22.449(1) Å

7.55(100), 3.755(33), 2.595(59), 2.293(48), 1.933(44), 1.619(17), 1.540(27), 1.507(23)

Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, University of Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italy, catalogue number 20085, the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, Italy, catalogue number MO486, and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, 19300 Prague 9, Czech Republic, catalogue number P1P 15/2026

How to cite: Belmonte, D., Biagioni, C., Sejkora, J., Lepore, G. O., Giuli, G., De Santis, V., Škoda, R., and Dolníček, Z.: Lincioite, IMA 2026-020, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Ca_1.5K(H₂O)_5.5[(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂]

Wpa

Bois Noirs-Limouzat mine, Forez massif, Saint-Priest-la-Prugne, Loire department, Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne region, France (45°57^′49^′′ N, 3°43^′25^′′ E; 770 m a.s.l.)

Jakub Plášil^*, Kshitij Gurung, Radek Škoda, Stefan Ansermet, and Nicolas Meisser

^* E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz

Chemically and structurally related to françoisite-(Ce)

Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined

a=13.6449(2), b=15.2469(9), c=9.3518(3) Å, β=112.573(3)°

8.652(11), 7.767(100), 5.778(20), 3.877(33), 3.422(14), 3.130(23), 2.886(13), 1.672(2)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Geology, Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles (Naturéum), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, collection number MGL111261

How to cite: Plášil, J., Gurung, K., Škoda, R., Ansermet, S., and Meisser, N.: Wolfgangpauliite, IMA 2026-023, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Ca₇Al₄F₂₆(H₂O)₅

Sbd

Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong County, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China (25°40^′24^′′ N, 105°10^′24^′′ E)

Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Ian E. Grey^*, Anthony R. Kampf, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, and William G. Mumme

^* E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au

Chemically and structurally related to gearksutite and carlhintzeite

Monoclinic: P2₁/c; structure determined

a=12.1062(5), b=6.2040(2), c=29.881(1) Å, β=92.139(4)°

9.277(68), 4.638(22), 3.111(100), 2.262(34), 1.961(50), 1.845(39), 1.807(23), 1.664(28)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Bavarian State Mineral Collection, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333 München, Germany, registration number MSM39517 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 77447 (cotype)

How to cite: Rewitzer, C., Hochleitner, R., Grey, I. E., Kampf, A. R., Boer, S., MacRae, C. M., and Mumme, W. G.: Sainzbarandaite, IMA 2026-024, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Ag₆(Ag₄Fe₂)Sb₄S₁₃

Roz-Fe

Bianjiadayuan deposit, southern segment of the Great Hinggan Range metallogenic belt, China (43°31^′24^′′ N, 118°03^′45^′′ E)

Xuexiang Gu^*, Yongmei Zhang, Xinli Wang, Xiangping Gu, Guang Fan, Anli Zhang, Qihui Shi, and Jiangpeng Liu

^* E-mail: xuexiang_gu@163.com

Tetrahedrite group

Cubic: I4‾3m; structure determined

a=10.9102(8) Å

7.695(18), 3.150(100), 2.724(17), 2.567(6), 2.138(5), 1.994(5), 1.929(21), 1.644(11)

Type material is deposited in the collections of Geological Museum of China, No. 16, Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, People's Republic of China, catalogue number GMCTM2026005

How to cite: Gu, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Gu, X., Fan, G., Zhang, A., Shi, Q., and Liu, J.: Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Fe), IMA 2026-025, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

[Cu42+Pb₄O₂(OH)₈(SO₄)(H₂O)₂] ⋅ (SO₄)(H₂O)₂

Crln

Redmond mine, Haywood Co., North Carolina, USA (35°40^′55^′′ N, 83°00^′56^′′ W)

Christopher Emproto^*, Travis A. Olds, Anthony R. Kampf, Michael S. Rumsey, Chi Ma, Simon J. Teat, Jason B. Smith, Stephen A. Rust, Paul M. Adams, Jacob Bauer, and John M. Hughes

^* E-mail: emprotoc@carnegiemnh.org

New structure type

Monoclinic: P2/c; structure determined

a=13.629(2), b=7.311(1), c=11.442(2) Å, β=114.656(9)°

12.471(61), 6.227(62), 5.741(29), 3.676(38), 3.374(31), 3.137(98), 2.797(100), 2.361(28)

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 77407, 77408 and 77409, and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, catalogue number CM35013

How to cite: Emproto, C., Olds, T. A., Kampf, A. R., Rumsey, M. S., Ma, C., Teat, S. J., Smith, J. B., Rust, S. A., Adams, P. M., Bauer, J., and Hughes, J. M.: Carolinaite, IMA 2026-001, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Na₂Mn²⁺(Mn²⁺Fe³⁺)(AsO₄)₃

Vtt

Valletta mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio (CN), Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy (44°23^′54^′′ N, 7°05^′37^′′ E; 2560 m a.s.l.)

Fernando Cámara^*, Valentina Conforti, Lisa Baratelli, Fabrizio Nestola, Marco E. Ciriotti, Roberto Bracco, Gianluca Odicino, and Gian Carlo Piccoli

^* E-mail: fernando.camara@unimi.it

Alluaudite supergroup

Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined

a=12.1741(5), b=13.0328(5), c=6.7861(3) Å, β=113.451(5)°

6.448(25), 3.252(66), 2.974(41), 2.805(100), 2.662(84), 1.836(24), 1.680(37), 1.365(25)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Museo delle Collezioni di Mineralogia, Gemmologia, Petrologia e Giacimentologia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università di Milano, Via Botticelli 23, 20133 Milano, Italy, catalogue number MCMGPG-H2026-001

How to cite: Cámara, F., Conforti, V., Baratelli, L., Nestola, F., Ciriotti, M. E., Bracco, R., Odicino, G., and Piccoli, G. C.: Vallettaite, IMA 2026-026, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

[(H₂O)K]Mg₂(Fe₂Ti)(PO₄)₄[O(OH)](H₂O)₁₀ ⋅ 4H₂O

Hpke

Hühnerkobel pegmatite mine, near the Rabenstein hamlet, Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, Germany (49°03^′06^′′ N, 13°10^′10^′′ E)

Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Ian E. Grey^*, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, Stephanie Boer, Robert W. Gable, and William G. Mumme

^* E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au

Paulkerrite group

Monoclinic: P2₁/c; structure determined

a=10.512(3), b=20.404(5), c=12.383(2) Å, β=90.09°

10.202(53), 7.462(18), 7.456(17), 6.192(100), 3.120(32), 3.119(32), 3.096(20), 2.883(26)

Type material is deposited in the collections of the Bavarian State Mineral Collection, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333 München, Germany, registration number MSM39518 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 77448 (cotype)

How to cite: Rewitzer, C., Hochleitner, R., Grey, I. E., Kampf, A. R., MacRae, C. M., Boer, S., Gable, R. W., and Mumme, W. G.: Hydroxylpaulkerrite, IMA 2026-028, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.

Ca₂Cu22+Mn³⁺Te26+O₁₁(OH)(H₂O)₆

Gb

Gambatesa mine, Reppia, Ne (GE), Liguria, Italy (44°21^′34^′′ N, 9°26^′59^′′ E)

Anthony R. Kampf^*, Christopher Emproto, Travis A. Olds, Chi Ma, Stuart J. Mills, Owen P. Missen, Simon J. Teat, and Fabrizio Castellaro

^* E-mail: akampf@nhm.org

New structure type

Trigonal: P312; structure determined

a=5.2530(3), c=15.073(1) Å

7.582(100), 4.353(23), 3.791(27), 3.385(33), 2.631(22), 2.490(50), 2.163(25), 1.822(41)

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 77450, 77451, and 77452

How to cite: Kampf, A. R., Emproto, C., Olds, T. A., Ma, C., Mills, S. J., Missen, O. P., Teat, S. J., and Castellaro, F.: Gambatesaite, IMA 2026-029, in: CNMNC Newsletter 93, Eur. J. Mineral., 38, 10.5194/ejm-38-629-2026, 2026.