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09 Dec 2024

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 82

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 1005–1010, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1005-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1005-2024, 2024 | 1,130 views

30 Aug 2024

The composition of metapelitic biotite, white mica, and chlorite: a review with implications for solid-solution models

Benoît Dubacq and Jacob B. Forshaw

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 657–685, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-657-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-657-2024, 2024 | 1,073 views

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21 Oct 2024

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 81

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 917–923, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024, 2024 | 986 views

06 Jun 2025

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 85

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 337–342, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-337-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-337-2025, 2025 | 980 views

12 Sep 2024

High-pressure Ca metasomatism of metabasites (Mont Avic, Western Alps): insights into fluid–rock interaction during subduction

Kilian Lecacheur, Olivier Fabbri, Francesca Piccoli, Pierre Lanari, Philippe Goncalves, and Henri Leclère

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 767–795, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-767-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-767-2024, 2024 | 898 views

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24 Sep 2024

Multifaceted orogenic fluid dynamics unraveled by hydrothermal epidote

Veronica Peverelli, Alfons Berger, Martin Wille, Thomas Pettke, Benita Putlitz, Andreas Mulch, Edwin Gnos, and Marco Herwegh

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 879–898, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-879-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-879-2024, 2024 | 880 views

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04 Sep 2024

Dauphiné twin in a deformed quartz: characterization by electron channelling contrast imaging and large-angle convergent-beam diffraction

Nobuyoshi Miyajima, Danielle Silva Souza, and Florian Heidelbach

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 709–719, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-709-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-709-2024, 2024 | 798 views

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19 Sep 2024

Chrome incorporation in high-pressure Fe–Mg oxides

Alan B. Woodland, Katrin Schumann, Laura Uenver-Thiele, Kevin Rosbach, Tiziana Boffa Ballaran, Caterina Melai, and Elena Bykova

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 845–862, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-845-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-845-2024, 2024 | 781 views

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25 Apr 2025

Mineralogy of the human brain: a review

Giulia Pia Servetto, Carissa Maria Root, Reto Gieré, and Ruggero Vigliaturo

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 279–304, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-279-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-279-2025, 2025 | 774 views

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09 Oct 2024

Experimental petrology constraints on kamafugitic magmas

Francesca Innocenzi, Isra S. Ezad, Sara Ronca, Samuele Agostini, Michele Lustrino, and Stephen F. Foley

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 899–916, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-899-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-899-2024, 2024 | 773 views

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18 Sep 2024

Carbon-containing pyrite spherules: mineral biosignatures in black smokers?

Chloé Truong, Sylvain Bernard, François Baudin, Aurore Gorlas, and François Guyot

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 813–830, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-813-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-813-2024, 2024 | 754 views

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09 Sep 2024

Magma storage conditions of Lascar andesites, central volcanic zone, Chile

André Stechern, Magdalena Blum-Oeste, Roman E. Botcharnikov, François Holtz, and Gerhard Wörner

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 721–748, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-721-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-721-2024, 2024 | 745 views

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19 Sep 2024

Bonacinaite, Sc(AsO₄) ⋅ 2H₂O, the first scandium arsenate

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 | 714 views

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11 Dec 2024

Nannoniite, Al₂(OH)₅F, a new mineral from the Cetine di Cotorniano mine (Tuscany, Italy)

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 | 703 views

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29 Oct 2024

Micro- to nano-sized solid inclusions in magnetite record skarn reactions

Igor González-Pérez, José María González-Jiménez, Lola Yesares, Antonio Acosta-Vigil, Jordi Llopís, and Fernando Gervilla

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 925–941, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-925-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-925-2024, 2024 | 700 views

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24 Sep 2024

Karlseifertite, Pb(Ga₂Ge)(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆, a new dussertite-group mineral, from Tsumeb, Namibia

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 | 689 views

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27 Nov 2024

Pressure–temperature–time and REE mineral evolution in low- to medium-grade polymetamorphic units (Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps)

Marianne Sophie Hollinetz, Benjamin Huet, David A. Schneider, Christopher R. M. McFarlane, Ralf Schuster, Gerd Rantitsch, Philip Schantl, Christoph Iglseder, Martin Reiser, and Bernhard Grasemann

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 943–983, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-943-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-943-2024, 2024 | 653 views

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07 Feb 2025

Fingerprinting of ruby and sapphire gemstones through Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) methodologies

António Soares de Sousa, Elsa Maria Carvalho Gomes, Laura Bayés-García, Alessandra Di Mariano, and Maite Garcia-Valles

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 53–62, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-53-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-53-2025, 2025 | 644 views

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10 Sep 2024

When detection and quantification of mineral fibres in natural raw materials are at their limit – the case of a clay from the Gomsiqe–Puka mining area (Albania)

Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Simona Marchetti Dori, Daniele Malferrari, Tommaso Giovanardi, Riccardo Fantini, Francesco Colombo, Mattia Sisti, Rossella Arletti, Maria Cristina Gamberini, Eleonora Braschi, Andrea Orlando, and Enrico Mugnaioli

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 749–765, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-749-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-749-2024, 2024 | 626 views

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10 Mar 2025

Analyzing petrographic characteristics and trace element distribution of high-purity quartz deposits from the Peshawar Basin, Pakistan: insights into processing and purification techniques

Ibrar Khan, Xiaoyong Yang, Mei Xia, and Zhenhui Hou

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 151–167, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-151-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-151-2025, 2025 | 604 views

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30 Aug 2024

Crystal chemistry of Belgian ardennites

Martin Depret, Frédéric Hatert, Michel Blondieau, Stéphane Puccio, Muriel M. L. Erambert, Fabrice Dal Bo, and Florent Bomal

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 687–708, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-687-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-687-2024, 2024 | 576 views

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18 Sep 2024

Mineralogical characterization of magnesium-based nanoparticles recovered from a swirl-stabilized magnesium flame by analytical and scanning/transmission electron microscopy

Ruggero Vigliaturo, Giulia Pia Servetto, Erica Bittarello, Quentin Wehrung, Jean-François Brilhac, and Gwenaëlle Trouvé

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 831–843, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-831-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-831-2024, 2024 | 546 views

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23 Aug 2024

Chemical interdiffusion between Na-series tephritic and phonolitic melts with different H₂O content, temperature, and oxygen fugacity values

Diego González-García, Florian Pohl, Felix Marxer, Stepan Krasheninnikov, Renat Almeev, and François Holtz

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 623–640, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-623-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-623-2024, 2024 | 534 views

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08 Jan 2025

Crystal structure and elastic properties of parabreyite: a new high-pressure ring silicate in the CaSiO₃ system

Benedetta Chrappan Soldavini, Marco Merlini, Mauro Gemmi, Paola Parlanti, Patrizia Fumagalli, Sula Milani, Boby Joseph, Giorgio Bais, Maurizio Polentarutti, Alexander Kurnosov, and Stefano Poli

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 13–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-13-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-13-2025, 2025 | 515 views

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26 Feb 2025

Tungsten solubility and speciation in hydrothermal solutions revealed by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Manuela Borchert, Maria A. Kokh, Marion Louvel, Elena F. Bazarkina, Anselm Loges, Edmund Welter, Denis Testemale, Rami Al Abed, Stephan Klemme, and Max Wilke

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 111–130, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-111-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-111-2025, 2025 | 497 views

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28 Aug 2024

Lazerckerite, Ag_3.75Pb_4.5(Sb_7.75Bi₄)S₂₄, from Kutná Hora, Czech Republic: a new Sb–Bi member of the andorite branch of the lillianite homologous series

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 | 490 views

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14 Apr 2025

Compressibility of single-crystal zircon up to 19 GPa: implications for the partitioning coefficient of trace elements

Shuhou Maitani, Ryosuke Sinmyo, Hikaru Higuchi, Tomoko Ikeda-Fukazawa, and Saori Kawaguchi-Imada

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 257–267, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-257-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-257-2025, 2025 | 488 views

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22 Aug 2024

Evidence of the existence of the As₄S₆ molecule produced by light exposure of alacranite, As₈S₉

Luca Bindi, Paola Bonazzi, Laura Chelazzi, Matteo M. N. Franceschini, Giovanni O. Lepore, Marta Morana, Giovanni Pratesi, Alice Taddei, Matteo Zoppi, and Silvio Menchetti

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 615–622, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-615-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-615-2024, 2024 | 486 views

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02 Dec 2024

Li diffusion in plagioclase crystals and glasses – implications for timescales of geological processes

Florian Pohl, Harald Behrens, Martin Oeser, Felix Marxer, and Ralf Dohmen

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 985–1003, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-985-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-985-2024, 2024 | 481 views

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12 Sep 2024

Crystal chemistry of K-tourmalines from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond deposit, Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan

Beatrice Celata, Ferdinando Bosi, Kira A. Musiyachenko, Andrey V. Korsakov, and Giovanni B. Andreozzi

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 797–811, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-797-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-797-2024, 2024 | 462 views

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06 Jan 2025

Insights from the compositional evolution of a multi-coloured, zoned tourmaline from the Cruzeiro pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Claudia Gori, Henrik Skogby, Ulf Hålenius, Alessandra Altieri, and Ferdinando Bosi

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 1–12, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-1-2025, 2025 | 454 views

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07 Mar 2025

Fe³⁺∕ΣFe variation in lawsonite and epidote in subducted oceanic crust

Donna L. Whitney, Max Wilke, Sara E. Hanel, Florian Heidelbach, Olivier Mathon, and Angelika D. Rosa

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 143–149, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-143-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-143-2025, 2025 | 453 views

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12 Feb 2025

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 83

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 75–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-75-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-75-2025, 2025 | 445 views

14 Apr 2025

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 84

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 249–255, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025, 2025 | 430 views

20 Jan 2025

Dacostaite, K(Mg₂Al)[Mg(H₂O)₆]₂(AsO₄)₂F₆ ⋅ 2H₂O, a new fluoride–arsenate mineral from the Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Tuscany, Italy)

Cristian Biagioni, Daniela Mauro, Jiří Sejkora, Zdeněk Dolníček, Andrea Dini, and Radek Škoda

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 39–52, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-39-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-39-2025, 2025 | 429 views

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11 Feb 2025

Andreybulakhite, Ni(C₂O₄) ⋅ 2H₂O, the first natural nickel oxalate

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 63–74, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-63-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-63-2025, 2025 | 419 views

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19 Dec 2024

The coesite–stishovite transition of hydrous, Al-bearing SiO₂: an in situ synchrotron X-ray study

Monika Koch-Müller, Christian Lathe, Bernd Wunder, Oona Appelt, Shrikant Bhat, Andreas Ebert, Robert Farla, Vladimir Roddatis, Anja Schreiber, and Richard Wirth

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 1023–1036, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1023-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1023-2024, 2024 | 418 views

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21 May 2025

Ginelfite, Ag₂(Ag_0.5Fe_0.5)TlPb_24.5(Sb,As)_32.5S_75.5, a new boxwork sulfosalt from Jas Roux, France: occurrence and crystal structure

Cristian Biagioni, Jiří Sejkora, Yves Moëlo, Georges Favreau, Vincent Bourgoin, Jean-Claude Boulliard, Elena Bonaccorsi, Daniela Mauro, Silvia Musetti, Marco Pasero, Natale Perchiazzi, and Jana Ulmanová

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 319–335, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-319-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-319-2025, 2025 | 403 views

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20 May 2025

H and D ∕ H analysis in olivine and wadsleyite with a multi-analytical approach combining Raman spectroscopy and ion and nuclear probes

Adrien Gautier, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Bertrand Moine, Hélène Bureau, Hicham Khodja, Anthony C. Withers, and Laurette Piani

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 305–318, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-305-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-305-2025, 2025 | 387 views

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20 Mar 2025

Sulfide mineralogy of igneous basic rocks (ophites) from the external zone of the Betic Cordillera

José M. González-Jiménez, Idael F. Blanco-Quintero, Lola Yesares, Claudio Marchesi, Amira R. Ferreira, Igor González-Pérez, Erwin Schettino, Francisco Abel Jiménez Cantizano, and Fernando Gervilla

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 191–220, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-191-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-191-2025, 2025 | 378 views

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06 Mar 2025

Nolanite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification

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 | 370 views

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13 Feb 2025

Heimaeyite, Na₃Al(SO₄)₃, a new mineral from the fumaroles on Eldfell volcano, Iceland

Tonči Balić-Žunić, Anna Garavelli, Donatella Mitolo, Fabrizio Nestola, Martha Giovanna Pamato, Maja Bar Rasmussen, and Morten Bjerkvig Jølnæs

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 79–89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-79-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-79-2025, 2025 | 356 views

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23 Apr 2025

Skogbyite, Zr(Mg₂Mn³⁺₄)SiO₁₂, a new zirconium mineral in the braunite group from Långban, Bergslagen, Sweden

Erik Jonsson, Ulf Hålenius, Jaroslaw Majka, and Ferdinando Bosi

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 269–277, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-269-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-269-2025, 2025 | 336 views

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25 Feb 2025

Incorporation of W⁶⁺ into hematite (α-Fe₂O₃) in the form of ferberite nanolamellae

Juraj Majzlan, Ralph Bolanz, Jörg Göttlicher, Martin Števko, Tomáš Mikuš, Mária Čaplovičová, Jan Filip, Jiří Tuček, Christiane Rößler, and Christian Matthes

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 101–110, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-101-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-101-2025, 2025 | 320 views

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17 Jan 2025

A reliable analytical procedure to determine the carbon isotopic signature of CO₂-bearing COH fluids generated in petrological experiments

Luca Toffolo, Luca Minopoli, Elena Ferrari, and Simone Tumiati

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 25–37, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-25-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-25-2025, 2025 | 318 views

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17 Jun 2025

Non-conventional pressure estimates by using transmission electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (TEM-EDS): testing on submicrometer white mica from low-grade metapelites

Edoardo Sanità, Maria Di Rosa, and Enrico Mugnaioli

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 343–352, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-343-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-343-2025, 2025 | 315 views

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26 Mar 2025

The fate of an old Mn–Fe amphibole species: description of clino-ferro-suenoite, □Mn₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Dan Holtstam, Fernando Cámara, Henrik Skogby, Andreas Karlsson, and Alessandro De Leo

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 221–231, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-221-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-221-2025, 2025 | 305 views

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17 Mar 2025

Fluormacraeite, [(H₂O)K]Mn₂(Fe₂Ti)(PO₄)₄[OF](H₂O)₁₀ ⋅ 4H₂O, the first type mineral from the Plößberg pegmatite, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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 | 297 views

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30 Jun 2025

Carbonatite metasomatism overprinted by silicate melt metasomatism in the mantle beneath the West Eifel volcanic field

Beatrice E. Bromley, Shuai Ma, and Cliff S. J. Shaw

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 365–384, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-365-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-365-2025, 2025 | 293 views

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01 Apr 2025

Average structure and microstructure of synchysite-(Ce) from Cuasso al Monte (Varese, Italy)

Roberto Conconi, Marco Merlini, Patrizia Fumagalli, Enrico Mugnaioli, Luigi Folco, and Giancarlo Capitani

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 233–247, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-233-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-233-2025, 2025 | 281 views

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