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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 | 1,714 views

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 | 1,241 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 | 1,172 views

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28 Jul 2025

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When colour makes minerals unique: the case of the green dolomite from Malentrata (Pomarance, Tuscany, Italy)

Luca Adami, Matteo Ardit, Costanza Bonadiman, Michele Dondi, Maura Mancinelli, Giovanni Orazio Lepore, Elena Spagnoli, Luca Nodari, Renzo Tassinari, Alfonso Zoleo, Giordano Montegrossi, and Francesco Di Benedetto

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 517–533, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-517-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-517-2025, 2025 | 1,048 views

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22 Jul 2025

Elbaite, the neotype material from the Rosina pegmatite, San Piero in Campo, Elba island, Italy

Ferdinando Bosi, Federico Pezzotta, Henrik Skobgy, Riccardo Luppi, Paolo Ballirano, Ulf Hålenius, Gioacchino Tempesta, Giovanna Agrosì, and Jiří Sejkora

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 505–516, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-505-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-505-2025, 2025 | 1,043 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 | 1,034 views

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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 | 1,033 views

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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 | 1,024 views

17 Jun 2025

Moabite, NiFe³⁺(PO₄)O, a new natural oxyphosphate

Sergey N. Britvin, Mikhail N. Murashko, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Yevgeny Vapnik, Natalia S. Vlasenko, Oleg S. Vereshchagin, Dmitrii V. Pankin, and Evgeny A. Vasiliev

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 353–363, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-353-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-353-2025, 2025 | 1,000 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 | 970 views

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21 Jul 2025

Garnet growth across the quartz–coesite transition in metapelites: equilibrium vs. kinetics

Paola Manzotti, Federica Schiavi, Michel Ballèvre, and Francesco Nosenzo

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 455–482, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-455-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-455-2025, 2025 | 968 views

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04 Jul 2025

Vesiculation dynamics – Part 1: Decompression-induced H₂O vesicle formation in the Lower Laacher See phonolitic melt

Patricia Louisa Marks and Marcus Nowak

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 385–412, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-385-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-385-2025, 2025 | 967 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 | 963 views

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14 Aug 2025

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 86

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 549–553, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-549-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-549-2025, 2025 | 954 views

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 | 950 views

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21 Jul 2025

Chrysoberyl from the Sabatini Volcanic Complex (Latium, Italy): chemical and petrological peculiarities

Giuseppe Illuminati, Silvia Musetti, Fabio Bellatreccia, Cristian Biagioni, Enrico Caprilli, Ahmad Rabiee, and Marco E. Ciriotti

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 483–504, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-483-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-483-2025, 2025 | 921 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 | 917 views

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10 Jul 2025

Fibrous tourmaline from San Piero in Campo (Elba, Italy)

Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Dario Di Giuseppe, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Valentina Scognamiglio, Laura Fornasini, Danilo Bersani, Tommaso Giovanardi, Federico Lugli, and Federico Pezzotta

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 437–453, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-437-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-437-2025, 2025 | 879 views

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04 Jul 2025

Vesiculation dynamics – Part 2: Decompression-induced H₂O vesicle growth, onset, and progression of coalescence

Patricia Louisa Marks and Marcus Nowak

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 413–435, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-413-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-413-2025, 2025 | 871 views

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01 Aug 2025

The oxidation of Fe in riebeckite at 0.7 GPa

Giancarlo Della Ventura, Roberta Oberti, Valeria Misiti, Francesco Radica, Gunther J. Redhammer, Simone Bernardini, Massimo Boiocchi, and Boriana Mihailova

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 535–547, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-535-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-535-2025, 2025 | 859 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 | 853 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 | 837 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 | 831 views

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19 Aug 2025

Natrolitised nepheline-bearing Teschenite Association rocks from the Podbeskydí area (Czech Republic): a testimony from selected accessory minerals

Dalibor Matýsek, Jakub Jirásek, Štěpán Chládek, and Ondřej Pour

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 555–576, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-555-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-555-2025, 2025 | 820 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 | 804 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 | 789 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 | 786 views

10 Sep 2025

Chromites in ordinary-chondrite fusion crusts

Manlio Bellesi, Giovanni Pratesi, Alessandro Di Michele, Sabrina Nazzareni, Lidia Pittarello, Steven Goderis, Carlo Santini, and Gabriele Giuli

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 617–626, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-617-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-617-2025, 2025 | 773 views

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08 Sep 2025

The 8 Å crystal structure and new crystal chemical data of rouxelite from the Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps, Italy

Dan Topa, Berthold Stoeger, Frank N. Keutsch, and Gheorghe Ilinca

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 591–616, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-591-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-591-2025, 2025 | 772 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 | 767 views

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25 Aug 2025

Cation disordering in ankerite as a function of Fe content

Azzurra Zucchini, Matteo Masotta, Manuela Nazzari, Maximiliano Fastelli, and Paola Comodi

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 577–589, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-577-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-577-2025, 2025 | 765 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 | 757 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 | 727 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 | 712 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 | 686 views

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07 Oct 2025

The magmatic–hydrothermal transition record in zircon: implications for zircon texture, composition and rare-metal granite dating (Beauvoir granite, French Massif Central)

Nicolas Esteves, Pierre Bouilhol, Urs Schaltegger, Maria Ovtcharova, André Navin Paul, and Lydéric France

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 667–693, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-667-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-667-2025, 2025 | 625 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 | 619 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 | 617 views

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15 Sep 2025

Vielleaureite-(Ce), a new epidote of the dollaseite group, coexisting with Mn-dominant hellandite in Mn deposits of the central Pyrenees

Alain Ragu, Luca Bindi, Paola Bonazzi, Laurent Remusat, and Christian Chopin

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 627–638, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-627-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-627-2025, 2025 | 601 views

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09 Oct 2025

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 87

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 695–698, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-695-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-695-2025, 2025 | 579 views

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 | 577 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 | 574 views

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25 Feb 2025

Extrinsic and intrinsic strength of amorphous olivine films

Jens Jarnot, Ralf Dohmen, Claus O. W. Trost, Christian Mitterer, Patrick Cordier, and Oleksandr Glushko

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 91–99, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-91-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-91-2025, 2025 | 552 views

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01 Oct 2025

Origin and evolution of the Variscan Léon eclogites: insights from zircon and garnet petrochronology

Lorraine Tual, Christine Authemayou, Caroline Lotout, Matthijs A. Smit, Kira Musiyachenko, Denise Bussien Grosjean, Ellen Kooijman, and Emilie Bruand

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 639–666, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-639-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-639-2025, 2025 | 549 views

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18 Mar 2025

The thermal expansion of monticellite and olivine

Guy Hovis and Mario Tribaudino

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 181–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-181-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-181-2025, 2025 | 539 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 | 538 views

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21 Oct 2025

Jonlarsenite, Al₄Cu₉, a new intermetallic phase in the Al–Cu system discovered in a micrometeorite from Oslo, Norway

Luca Bindi, Jan B. Kihle, Guangming Cheng, Jinping Hu, Nan Yao, Chi Ma, Yunbin Guan, Paul D. Asimow, and Paul J. Steinhardt

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 783–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-783-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-783-2025, 2025 | 429 views

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14 Oct 2025

Marioantofilliite, [Cu₄Al₂(OH)₁₂](CO₃) ⋅ 3H₂O, a new member of the hydrotalcite supergroup from Liguria (Italy)

Cristian Biagioni, Jiří Sejkora, Natale Perchiazzi, Enrico Mugnaioli, Daniela Mauro, Donato Belmonte, Radek Škoda, and Zdeněk Dolníček

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 733–746, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-733-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-733-2025, 2025 | 427 views

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06 Nov 2025

IMA-CNMNC guidelines for assessing the natural geological origin of minerals

Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Nicolas Meisser, Marco Pasero, and Stuart Mills

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 871–876, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-871-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-871-2025, 2025 | 401 views

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14 Oct 2025

Crystal chemistry and trace-element behaviour in tourmalines from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Florent Bomal, Frédéric Hatert, Simon Philippo, Maël Guennou, Martin Depret, Hao Wang, Pierre Lefèvre, and Muriel Erambert

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 709–731, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-709-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-709-2025, 2025 | 392 views

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