NEW MINERALS AND NOMENCLATURE MODIFICATIONS APPROVED IN 2017 Open Access

IMA No. 2017-018

• Shenzhuangite

• NiFeS₂

• Suizhou meteorite, fell in Dayanpo, 12.5 km SE of Suizhou, Hubei, China

• Luca Bindi^* and Xiande Xie

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Chalcopyrite group

• Tetragonal: $I4¯2d$⁠; structure determined

• a = 5.3121(4), c = 10.4772(7) Å

• 3.05(100), 2.652(5), 1.875(20), 1.591(25), 1.330(5), 1.215(10), 1.080(10)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, I-50121, Firenze, Italy, catalogue number 3238/I

• How to cite: Bindi, L. & Xie, X. (2017): Shenzhuangite, IMA 2017-018. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 777; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-019

• Vanadiopargasite

• NaCa₂(Mg₄V)[Si₆Al₂]O₂₂(OH)₂

• Pereval marble quarry, near Sludyanka town, Irkutsk region, Southern Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia (51°37′N, 103°38′E)

• Leonid Z. Reznitsky^*, Evgeny V. Sklyarov, Georgia Cametti, Thomas Armbruster, Zinaida F. Ushchapovskaya, Ludmila F. Suvorova and Igor G. Barash

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Amphibole supergroup

• Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined

• a = 9.914(3), b = 18.003(2), c = 5.300(2) Å, β = 105.69 (3)°

• 8.98(15), 8.43(40), 3.27(30), 3.14(100), 2.82(35), 2.70 (18), 2.34(15), 1.445(25)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue numbers 5035/1, 5035/2 and 5035/3

• How to cite: Reznitsky, L.Z., Sklyarov, E.V., Cametti, G., Armbruster, T., Ushchapovskaya, Z.F., Suvorova, L.F., Barash, I.G. (2017): Vanadiopargasite, IMA 2017-019. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 778; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-020

• Alumoedtollite

• K₂NaCu₅AlO₂(AsO₄)₄

• Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

• Igor V. Pekov^*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Evgeny G. Sidorov, Dmitry A. Ksenofontov, Sergey N. Britvin and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• The Al analogue of edtollite

• Triclinic: $P1¯$⁠; structure determined

• a = 5.090(1), b = 9.078(1), c = 9.6658(2) Å, α = 110.33 (2), β = 102.46(2), γ = 92.79 (1)°

• 8.78(100), 7.62(67), 3.418(100), 3.147(52), 2.843(51), 2.558(58), 2.544(65), 2.528(52)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue number 5032/1

• How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A. A., Sidorov, E.G., Ksenofontov, D.A., Britvin, S.N., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2017): Alumoedtollite, IMA 2017-020. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 778; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-021

• Kamenevite

• K₂TiSi₃O₉·H₂O

• Oleniy Ruchey underground mine, Mt. Suoluaiv, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• Igor V. Pekov^*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Inna S. Lykova, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• The Ti analogue of umbite

• Orthorhombic: P2₁2₁2₁; structure determined

• a = 9.9166(4), b = 12.9561(5), c = 7.1374(3) Å

• 7.92(70), 6.51(47), 5.823(95), 3.213(38), 2.988(84), 2.954(100), 2.906(68), 2.834(69)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue number 5027/1

• How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Yapaskurt, V. O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2017): Kamenevite, IMA 2017-021. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 778; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-022

• Ammoniovoltaite

• $(NH4)2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12(H2O)18$

• Severo-Kambalny geothermal field, Kambalny volcanic ridge, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (51.42854°N, 156.87341°E)

• Elena S. Zhitova^*, Oleg I. Siidra, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh, Dmitry I. Belakovsky, Anton A. Nuzhdaev and Rezeda M. Ismagilova

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Voltaite group

• Cubic: $Fd3¯c$⁠; structure determined

• a = 27.250(1) Å

• 9.67(74), 7.90(56), 5.58(84), 3.560(100), 3.418(100), 3.057(28), 2.866(37), 2.091(33)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 18 korp 2, Moscow 119071, Russia, catalogue number 5030/1

• How to cite: Zhitova, E.S., Siidra, O.I., Shilovskikh, V. V., Belakovsky, D.I., Nuzhdaev, A.A., Ismagilova, R. M. (2017): Ammoniovoltaite, IMA 2017-022. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 778; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-024

• Somersetite

• Pb₈O₂(OH)₂(CO₃)₅

• Torr Works (Merehead) Quarry, East Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK

• Oleg I. Siidra^*, Diana O. Nekrasova, Rick Turner, Anatoly N. Zaitsev, Nikita V. Chukanov, John Spratt, Yury S. Polekhovsky and Mike Rumsey

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• New structure type

• Trigonal: P31c; structure determined

• a = 5.2427(7), c = 40.624(6) Å

• 4.308(33), 4.148(25), 3.581(40), 3.390(100), 3.206(55), 2.625(78), 2.544(94), 2.119(27)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Department of Mineralogy, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, catalogue number 1/19661

• How to cite: Siidra, O.I., Nekrasova, D.O., Turner, R., Zaitsev, A.N., Chukanov, N.V., Spratt, J., Polekhovsky, J.S., Rumsey, M. (2017): Somersetite, IMA 2017-024. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 778; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-025

• Triazolite

• NaCu₂(N₃C₂H₂)₂(NH₃)₂Cl₃·4H₂O

• Pabellón de Pica Mountain, 1.5 km south of Chanabaya village, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile (20°54′32″S, 70°8′17″W)

• Nikita V. Chukanov^*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Gerhard Möhn, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy, Konstantin V. Van, Sergey N. Britvin and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Chemically and structurally related to chanabayaite Orthorhombic: P2₁2₁2₁; structure determined

• a = 19.3575(5), b = 7.1572(2), c = 12.5020(4) Å

• 10.22(97), 6.135(40), 5.696(17), 5.182(59), 5.119(100), 4.854(19), 3.294(18), 2.202(18)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 5037/1

• How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Zubkova, N.V., Möhn, G., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Van, K.I., Britvin, S. N., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2017): Triazolite, IMA 2017-025. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 779; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-026

• Valleyite

• Ca₄Fe₆O₁₃

• Menan Volcanic Complex, near Rexburg, Madison Co., Idaho, USA

• Huifang Xu^*, Seungyeol Lee, Hongwu Xu, Ryan Jacobs, and Dane Morgan

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Structurally related to sodalite

• Cubic: $I4¯3m$⁠; structure determined

• a = 8.8852(7) Å

• 6.287(57), 4.439(6), 3.628(100), 3.139(9), 2.801(39), 2.564(29), 2.375(12), 2.098(7)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Geology Museum of the Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, USA, catalogue number UWGM 4062 and UWGM 4063

• How to cite: Xu, H., Lee, S., Xu, H., Jacobs, R., Morgan, D. (2017): Valleyite, IMA 2017-026. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 779; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-028

• Manganiakasakaite-(La)

• CaLaMn³⁺AlMn²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)

• Monte Maniglia mine, Bellino, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy (44°33′42.5″N, 6°54′59.2″E)

• Cristian Biagioni^*, Marco E. Ciriotti, Roberto Bracco, Marco Pasero and Federica Zaccarini

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Epidote supergroup

• Monoclinic: P2₁/m; structure determined

• a = 8.906(1), b = 5.7294(6), c = 10.113(1) Å, β = 113.713(5)°

• 3.516(m), 2.899(s), 2.711(ms), 2.621(m), 2.179(mw), 2.109(m), 1.665(m), 1.438(m)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (PI), Italy, catalogue number 19907

• How to cite: Biagioni, C., Ciriotti, M.E., Bracco, R., Pasero, M., Zaccarini, F. (2017): Manganiakasakaite-(La), IMA 2017-028. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 779; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-029

• Ice-VII

• H₂O

• As inclusion in a diamond from Orapa, Botswana

• Oliver Tschauner^*, Eran Greenberg, Vitali Prakapenka, Chi Ma and Kim Tait

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• A polymorph of ice

• Cubic: Pn3m; structure determined

• a = 3.1633(3) Å

• 2.237(100), 1.582(11), 1.291(23), 1.118(7), 1.000(7), 0.913(2), 0.845(8), 0.791(1)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, accession number M57666

• How to cite: Tschauner, O., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Ma, C., Tait, K. (2017): Ice-VII, IMA 2017-029. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 779; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-031

• Kroupaite

• KPb_0.5[(UO₂)₈O₄(OH)₁₀]·10H₂O

• Svornost mine, Jáchymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic (50°22′21″N, 12°54′41″E)

• Jakub Plá sil^*, Anthony R. Kampf, Travis A. Olds, Jiří Sejkora, Radek Škoda, Peter C. Burns and Jiří Čejka

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Structurally related to leesite and metaschoepite

• Orthorhombic: Pbca; structure determined

• a = 14.8201(8), b = 14.0958(8), c = 16.765(1) Å

• 7.407(100), 3.602(59), 3.224(78), 2.572(16), 2.035(21), 1.978(11), 1.798(10), 1.747(7)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, catalogue number no. P1P 16/2017, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA, catalogue number 66572

• How to cite: Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Olds, T.A., Sejkora, J., Škoda, R., Burns, P.C., Čejka, J. (2017): Kroupaite, IMA 2017-031. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 779; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-033

• Horákite

• (Bi₇O₇OH)[(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂]·3.5H₂O

• Rovnost mine, Jáchymov ore district, Western Bohemia, Czech Republic (50°22′17″N, 12°53′37″E)

• Jakub Plášil^*, Anthony R. Kampf, Jiří Sejkora, Jiří Čejka, Radek Škoda and Jaromír Tvrdý

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• New structure type

• Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined

• a = 21.374(2), b = 15.451(3), c = 12.168(2) Å, β = 122.26(1)°

• 11.77(100), 6.21(23), 5.55(23), 4.185(27), 3.543(61), 3.287(20), 3.144(58), 3.017(98)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, catalogue number no. P1P 17/2017, and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA, catalogue number 66575

• How to cite: Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Sejkora, J., Škoda, R., Tvrdý, J. (2017): Horákite, IMA 2017-033. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 780; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-034

• Zincovelesite-6N6S

• Zn₃(Fe³⁺,Mn³⁺,Al,Ti)₈O₁₅(OH)

• 4.5 km NW of the village of Nežilovo, 25 km WSW of the city of Veles, Macedonia (41°41′N, 21°25′E)

• Nikita V. Chukanov^*, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Simeon Jančev, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitriy A. Varlamov, Jörg Göttlicher, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Vera N. Ermolaeva

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Högbomite supergroup

• Trigonal: $P3¯m1$

• a = 5.902(2), c = 55.86(1) Å

• 2.952(62), 2.881(61), 2.515(100), 2.493(88), 2.451(39), 1.690(19), 1.475(29), 1.441(20)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 4787/1, and the National Institution Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje, Macedonia, registration number PNMG 790

• How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Krzhizhanovskaya, M. G., Jančev, S., Pekov, I.V., Varlamov, D.A., Göttlicher, J., Rusakov, V.S., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Ermolaeva, V.N. (2017): Zincovelesite-6N6S, IMA 2017-034. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 780; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-035

• Feynmanite

• Na(UO₂)(SO₄)(OH)·3.5H₂O

• Blue Lizard mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N, 110°17′44″W); Markey mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°32′57″N, 110°18′08″W)

• Anthony R. Kampf ^*, Travis A. Olds, Jakub Plášil, Joe Marty and Samuel N. Perry

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Chemically and structurally related to plášilite

• Monoclinic: P2/n; structure determined

• a = 6.927(3), b = 8.355(4), c = 16.210(7) Å, β = 90.543(4)°

• 8.37(100), 6.37(33), 5.07(27), 4.053(46), 3.649(25), 3.578(28), 3.467(25), 3.213(25)

• Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 66590 and 66591 (Blue Lizard mine), and 66592 and 66593 (Markey mine)

• How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Olds, T.A., Plášil, J., Marty, J., Perry, S.N. (2017): Feynmanite, IMA 2017-035. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 780; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-036

• Chenmingite

• FeCr₂O₄

• Tissint meteorite, fell at Tata, Morocco (29°28.917′N, 7°36.674′E)

• Chi Ma^* and Oliver Tschauner

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• A dimorph of chromite

• Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined

• a = 9.715(6), b = 2.87(1), c = 9.49(7) Å

• 2.672(100), 2.637(37), 2.387(49), 2.366(20), 2.071(28), 1.585(23), 1.262(21), 1.431(18)

• Type material is deposited in the meteorite collections of the Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA, Tissint section UT2

• How to cite: Ma, C. & Tschauner, O. (2017): Chenmingite, IMA 2017-036. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 780; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-037

• Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)

• (CaCe₃)(Fe³⁺Al₂Fe²⁺)(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)₃O(OH)₂

• Bastnäs mines, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden (59°50′47″N, 15°35′15″E)

• Luca Bindi^*, Dan Holtstam, Giulia Fantappiè, Ulf B. Andersson and Paola Bonazzi

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Epidote-törnebohmite polysomatic series

• Monoclinic: P2₁/m; structure determined

• a = 8.9320(4), b = 5.7280(3), c = 17.5549(9) Å, β = 116.030(4)°

• 4.63(25), 3.498(40), 3.278(15), 2.994(60), 2.868(100), 2.442(20), 2.098(25), 1.949(20)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden, collection number no. 52:414 = 18520414

• How to cite: Bindi, L., Holtstam, D., Fantappiè, G., Andersson, U.B., Bonazzi, P. (2017) Ferriperbøeite-(Ce), IMA 2017-037. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 781; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-038

• Martinandresite

• Ba₂(Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂)·10H₂O

• Wasenalp, near the Isenwegg peak, Ganter valley, Simplon region, Switzerland (46°16′6″N, 8°5′9″E)

• Nikita V. Chukanov^*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Nicolas Meisser, Stefan Ansermet, Stefan Weiss, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy, Svetlana A. Vozchikova, Sergey N. Britvin, Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• Chemically related to harmotome

• Orthorhombic: Pmmn; structure determined

• a = 9.4640(5), b = 14.2288(6), c = 6.9940(4) Å

• 6.98(74), 6.26(83), 5.61(100), 3.933(60), 3.191(50), 3.170(62), 3.005(79), 2.816(49)

• Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Geological Museum of Lausanne, Switzerland, catalogue number is MGL 093284

• How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Zubkova, N.V., Meisser, N., Ansermet, S., Weiss, S., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vozchikova, S.A., Britvin, S.N., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2017): Martinandresite, IMA 2017-038. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 781; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

IMA No. 2017-015a

• Axelite

• Na₁₄Cu₇(AsO₄)₈F₂Cl₂

• Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)

• Igor V. Pekov^*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Sergey N. Britvin, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky

• ^*E-mail: [email protected]

• New structure type

• Tetragonal: P4bm; structure determined

• a = 14.5957(2), c = 8.3433(2) Å

• 8.32(44), 5.156(47), 4.168(21), 3.246(34), 3.180(61), 2.747(100), 2.709(36), 2.580(29)

• Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 5031/1

• How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Yapaskurt, V.O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Britvin, S.N., Sidorov, E.G., Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2017): Axelite, IMA 2017-015a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 781; European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 777–781.

After the approval of the new mineral markeyite (IMA No. 2016-090; see CNMNC Newsletter 35), the authors of the proposal communicated results of subsequent analytical work on this mineral, which shows higher contents of CO₂ and lower concentrations of H₂O. The new data were examined carefully by the CNMNC officers and were found reliable. The new revised simplified formula Ca₉(UO₂)₄(CO₃)₁₃·28H₂O has been approved executively.

IMA No. 2017-010 Levantite

In CNMNC Newsletter 37, the type locality was given incorrectly. The correct type locality is: Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa), Hatrurim Basin, Negev Desert, near Arad, Israel (31°12′29″N, 35°16′45.6″E).