IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 66

• Published in: European journal of mineralogy (Stuttgart) Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 253 - 257
• Main Authors: Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J.
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English; French
• Published: Göttingen Copernicus GmbH 13.04.2022; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Citation analysis; Copper; Crystal structure; Diffraction patterns; Earth sciences & physical geography; Electronic mail; Mail; Mineralogy; Minerals; Museums; Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences; Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Registration; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Unit cell; X ray powder diffraction; Beijing China; Los Angeles California; Italy; United States > US; China; Russia
• ISSN: 1617-4011; 0935-1221; 1617-4011
• DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-253-2022

Each mineral is described in the following format: mineral name, if the authors agree on its release prior to the full description appearing in press; chemical formula (ideal formula); mineral symbol; type locality; full authorship of proposal; e-mail address of corresponding author; relationship to other minerals; crystal system, space group, structure determined (yes or no); unit-cell parameters; strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern; type specimen repository and specimen number; citation details for the mineral prior to publication of full description. No other information will be released by the commission. 1 New mineral proposals approved in February 2022 IMA no. 2021-076a Arsenoveszelyite Cu 2Zn(AsO 4)(OH) 3⋅2H 2O Avsz Village of Sanguozhuang, town of Tangdan, Dongchuan District, city of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (26 ∘07 ′36 ′′ N, 103 ∘00 ′19 ′′ E) Hongtao Shen, Jinhua Hao, Ningyue Sun, Guowu Li*, Yuan Xue, and Liqun Luo *E-mail: liguowu@cugb.edu.cn The As analogue of veszelyite Monoclinic: P2 1/c; structure determined a= 7.5852(4), b= 10.3877(5), c= 9.8714(5) Å, β= 102.984(5) ∘ 7.129(95), 4.391(40), 3.698(100), 3.521(45), 3.000(50), 2.811(35), 2.511(40), 2.388(20) Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Geological Museum of China, No. 15, Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China, catalogue number M16126 (holotype), and the Crystal Structure Laboratory, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China, catalogue number DC-3 (cotype) How to cite: IMA no. 2021-099 Rudolfhermannite Fe 23+(Te 4+O 3)3⋅H 2O Rhr Ozernovskoe gold deposit, Orebody No. 5, 115 km north of the town of Klyuchi, Kamchatka Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (57 ∘35 ′31 ′′ N, 160 ∘38 ′13 ′′ E) Igor V. Pekov*, Sergey N. Britvin, Petr A. Pletnev, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Nikita V. Chukanov, Marina F. Vigasina, and Aleksandr P. Ponomarev *E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru Closely related to the minerals of the zemannite group Hexagonal: P6 3/m; structure determined a= 9.2490(5), c= 7.5688(6) Å 8.01(100), 4.005(53), 3.775(15), 3.027(13), 2.925(17), 2.809(27), 2.747(45), 1.707(17) Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5761/1 How to cite: IMA no. 2021-103 Nafeasite Na 3Fe 33+(AsO 3OH) 6⋅3H 2O Nfa Torrecillas Mine, Salar Grande, Iquique Province, Tarapacá region, Chile (20 ∘ 58′13′′ S, 70 ∘ 08′17′′ W) Anthony R. Kampf*, Jochen Schlüter, Thomas Malcherek, Bianca Paulenz, Dieter Pohl, Chi Ma, Maurizio Dini, and Arturo A. Molina Donoso *E-mail: akampf@nhm.org New structure type Monoclinic: C2; structure determined a= 18.688(2), b= 8.6769(7), c= 14.810(1) Å, β= 105.238(5) ∘ 9.04(20), 7.23(89), 4.33(30), 3.127(100), 3.085(33), 2.809(15), 2.518(15), 1.417(16) Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogisches Museum Hamburg, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Grindelallee 48, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, catalogue number MD760 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 76193 (piece of the holotype) and 76194 (cotype) How to cite: