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05 Apr 2024

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 78

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 361–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, 2024 | 1,100 views

03 May 2024

Comparison between 2D and 3D microstructures and implications for metamorphic constraints using a chloritoid–garnet-bearing mica schist

Fabiola Caso, Alessandro Petroccia, Sara Nerone, Andrea Maffeis, Alberto Corno, and Michele Zucali

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 381–395, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-381-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-381-2024, 2024 | 1,032 views

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03 Jun 2024

First in situ Lu–Hf garnet date for a lithium–caesium–tantalum (LCT) pegmatite from the Kietyönmäki Li deposit, Somero–Tammela pegmatite region, SW Finland

Krisztián Szentpéteri, Kathryn Cutts, Stijn Glorie, Hugh O'Brien, Sari Lukkari, Radoslaw M. Michallik, and Alan Butcher

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 433–448, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-433-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-433-2024, 2024 | 836 views

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14 Jun 2024

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The use of MgO–ZnO ceramics to record pressure and temperature conditions in the piston–cylinder apparatus

Nicholas Farmer and Hugh St. C. O'Neill

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 473–489, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-473-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-473-2024, 2024 | 783 views

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10 Jun 2024

Incorporation and substitution of ions and H₂O in the structure of beryl

Carina Silke Hanser, Tobias Häger, and Roman Botcharnikov

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 449–472, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-449-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-449-2024, 2024 | 779 views

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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 | 768 views

15 Aug 2024

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 80

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 599–604, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, 2024 | 742 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 | 736 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 | 728 views

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27 Mar 2024

Sedimentary protolith and high-P metamorphism of oxidized manganiferous quartzite from the Lanterman Range, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Taehwan Kim, Yoonsup Kim, Simone Tumiati, Daeyeong Kim, Keewook Yi, and Mi Jung Lee

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 323–343, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-323-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-323-2024, 2024 | 719 views

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27 Mar 2024

Metamorphic evolution of sillimanite gneiss in the high-pressure terrane of the Western Gneiss Region (Norway)

Ane K. Engvik and Johannes Jakob

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 345–360, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-345-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-345-2024, 2024 | 714 views

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03 May 2024

Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn), [Ag₆]⁴⁺(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₂□, a new member of the tetrahedrite group from the Yindongpo Au deposit, China

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 | 689 views

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08 Aug 2024

Re-equilibration of quartz inclusions in garnet

Benjamin A. Pummell and Jay B. Thomas

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 581–597, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-581-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-581-2024, 2024 | 685 views

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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 | 666 views

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25 Jun 2024

IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 79

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

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 525–528, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024, 2024 | 645 views

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 | 636 views

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03 Jul 2024

H₂ mobility and redox control in open vs. closed hydrothermal oceanic systems – evidence from serpentinization experiments

Colin Fauguerolles, Teddy Castelain, Johan Villeneuve, and Michel Pichavant

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 555–579, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-555-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-555-2024, 2024 | 618 views

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25 Jun 2024

Magmatic to solid-state evolution of a shallow emplaced agpaitic tinguaite (the Suc de Sara dyke, Velay volcanic province, France): implications for peralkaline melt segregation and extraction in ascending magmas

Thomas Pereira, Laurent Arbaret, Juan Andújar, Mickaël Laumonier, Monica Spagnoli, Charles Gumiaux, Gautier Laurent, Aneta Slodczyk, and Ida Di Carlo

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 491–524, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-491-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-491-2024, 2024 | 592 views

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17 May 2024

A brief history of solid inclusion piezobarometry

Ross J. Angel, Matteo Alvaro, and Silvio Ferrero

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 411–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-411-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-411-2024, 2024 | 573 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 | 572 views

29 Apr 2024

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of tourmaline: protocols, procedures, and predicaments

Nancy J. McMillan and Barbara L. Dutrow

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 369–379, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-369-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-369-2024, 2024 | 550 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 | 547 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 | 545 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 | 540 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 | 538 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 | 535 views

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17 May 2024

Compressibility and thermal expansion of magnesium phosphates

Catherine Leyx, Peter Schmid-Beurmann, Fabrice Brunet, Christian Chopin, and Christian Lathe

Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 417–431, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-417-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-417-2024, 2024 | 534 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 | 496 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 | 463 views

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26 Jun 2024

Zvěstovite-(Fe), Ag₆(Ag₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃, a new member of the tetrahedrite group from the Ulatayskoe Ag–Cu–Co occurrence, eastern Siberia, Russia

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 | 445 views

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26 Jun 2024

Fluor-rewitzerite, [(H₂O)K]Mn₂(Al₂Ti)(PO₄)₄(OF)(H₂O)₁₀ ⋅ 4H₂O, a new paulkerrite-group mineral, from the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany

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 | 438 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 | 424 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 | 412 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 | 400 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 | 393 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 | 384 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 | 344 views

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19 Aug 2024

Rotherkopfite, KNa₂(Fe²⁺_2.5Ti⁴⁺_1.5)Fe²⁺(Si₄O₁₂)₂, a new neptunite-group mineral without essential lithium, from Rother Kopf, Eifel volcanic fields, Germany

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 | 335 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 | 327 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 | 325 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 | 301 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 | 273 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 | 260 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 | 218 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 | 211 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 | 190 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 | 189 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 | 188 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 | 143 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 | 133 views

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