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IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature andClassification (CNMNC)
NEWSLETTER 4

New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2010
P. A. WILLIAMS1 (Chairman, CNMNC), F. HATERT2 (Vice-Chairman, CNMNC), M. PASERO3 (Vice-Chairman,CNMNC) AND S. J. MILLS4 (Secretary, CNMNC)
1

School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797,
Australia p.williams@uws.edu.au
2Laboratoire de Minéralogie, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium fhatert@ulg.ac.be3
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
pasero@dst.unipi.it
4
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
smills@eos.ubc.ca

The information given here is provided by the IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature andClassification for comparative purposes and as a service to mineralogists working on new species.
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
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
It is still a requirement for the authors topublish a full description of the new mineral.
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Proposals approved in July 2010
IMA No. 2005-025a
AfmiteAl3(OH)4(H2O)3(PO4)(PO3OH)·H2O
Fumade, Castelnau-de-Brassac, Tarn, France(43º39’30’’N, 2º29’58’’E)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Georges Favreau, Ian M.
Steele, Stuart J. Mills, George R. Rossman andJoseph J. Pluth*Email: akampf@nhm.org
Related to planerite and kobokoboite
Triclinic: P1̄; structure determined a = 7.386(3),b = 7.716(3), c = 11.345(4) Å, a = 99.773(5),b = 91.141(6), g = 115.58(5)º11.130(100), 6.813(30), 5.499(62), 4.029(24),3.532(65), 3.087(41), 2.918(43), 2.466(21)Type material is deposited in the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
Angeles, catalogue number 55425
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Favreau, G., Steele,
I.M., Mills, S.J., Rossman, G.R. and Pluth, J.J.
(2010) Afmite, IMA 2005-025a. CNMNC
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*E-mail: mx_haring@laurentian.ca
New structure type
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 9.9440(1), c = 7.0010(1) Å
8.608(100), 7.005(19), 4.312(25), 4.062(13),3.675(25), 3.260(31), 2.870(20), 1.836(14)Type material is deposited in the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, registration number
3983/1
How to cite: Haring, M.M., McDonald, A.M.,
Poirier, G. and Cooper, M.A. (2010)
Laurentianite, IMA 2010-018. CNMNC
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IMA No. 2010-016
Cranswickite
MgSO4·4H2O
Small workings 1 km ESE of Calingasta,
Argentina (31º20.351’S 69 23.546’W)
Ronald C. Peterson*E-mail: peterson@geol.queensu.ca
New structure type; dimorphous with starkeyite;
unnamed mineral UM1999-28-SO:HMg
Monoclinic: Cc; structure determineda = 11.9172(4), b = 5.1704(1), c = 12.1880(3) Å,b = 117.538(2)º5.284(100), 4.621(33), 3.983(25), 3.940(49),3.176(50), 3.127(24), 2.575(26), 1.952(22)Type material is deposited in the Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto, accession number 55368
How to cite: Peterson, R.C. (2010)
Cranswickite, IMA 2010-016. CNMNC
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IMA No. 2010-019
Hydroxylchondrodite
Mg5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Perovskitovaya Kop’, Chuvashskie Mountains,
Zlatoust district, South Urals, Russia
Igor V. Pekov*, Ekaterina I. Gerasimova, Nikita
V. Chukanov, Yuriy K. Kabalov, Natalia V.
Zubkova, Aleksandr E. Zadov, Vasiliy O.
Yapaskurt, Viktor M. Gekimyants and Dmitry
Yu. Pushcharovsky*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Hydroxyl analogue of chondrodite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determineda = 7.8847(12), b = 4.7235(8), c =10.2869(15) Å, b = 109.19(1)º3.023(36), 2.763(37), 2.673(37), 2.621(44),2.518(59), 2.260(74), 1.740(100), 1.489(46)Type material is deposited in the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number 3986/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Gerasimova, E.I.,
Chukanov, N.V., Kabalov, Y.K., Zubkova,N.V., Zadov, A.E., Yapaskurt, V.O.,
Gekimyants, V.M. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y.
(2010) Hydroxylchondrodite, IMA 2010-019.
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IMA No. 2010-017
Tashelgite
CaMgFe2+Al9O16(OH)
Tashelginskoe formation, Tashelga River,
Gornaya Shoriya, Kemerovskaya Oblast,Russia (5322’60.3’’N 8817’7.1’’E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
New structure type
Monoclinic: Pc; structure determineda = 5.6973(1), b = 17.1823(4), c = 23.5718(5) Å,b = 90.046(3)º11.79(48), 2.845(43), 2.616(100), 2.584(81),2.501(39), 2.437(44), 2.406(61), 2.202(72)Type material is deposited in the FersmanMineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, registration number3983/1
How to cite: Ananyev, S.A., Konovalenko, S.I.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Aksenov, S.M., Chukanov,N.V., Sapozhnikov, A.N. and Zagorskii, V.E.
(2010) Tashelgite, IMA 2010-017. CNMNC
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IMA No. 2010-018
Laurentianite
Na3Nb3Si4O17·9H2O
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, RouvilleCounty, Quebec, Canada
Monika M. Haring*, Andrew M. McDonald,Glenn Poirier and Mark A. Cooper

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IMA No. 2010-020
Barlowite
Cu4BrF(OH)6Great Australia mine, Cloncurry, Queensland,Australia
Peter Elliott* and Mark A. Cooper

NEWSLETTER 4*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Isostuctural with claringbullite
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determineda = 6.6786(2), c = 9.2744(3) Å
5.790(100), 3.338(15), 2.889(40), 2.759(15),2.707(55), 2.452(40), 1.778(20), 1.668(30)Type material is deposited in the South
Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia,registration number G17449
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Cooper, M.A. (2010)
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IMA No. 2010-021
ArganditeMn7(VO4)2(OH)8
Pipjitälli, Turtmanntal, Western Swiss Alps,Switzerland
Peter Elliott*, Joël Brugger, Nicolas Meisser,
Stefan Ansermet and Tom Caradoc-Davies*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
V analogue of allactite
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determineda = 5.498(2), b = 12.265(3), c = 10.092(2) Å, b= 95.594(3)º3.708(50), 3.395(60), 3.074(100), 2.945(50),2.687(70), 2.522(50), 2.324(40), 1.791(40)Type material is deposited in the GeologicalMuseum, Lausanne, Switzerland, registration
number MGL90369
How to cite: Elliott, P., Brugger, J., Meisser, N.,
Ansermet, S. and Caradoc-Davies, T. (2010)
Argandite, IMA 2010-021. CNMNC Newsletter,
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IMA No. 2010-022
Clinometaborite
HBO2
La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy
Italo Campostrini*, Francesco Demartin andCarlo Maria Gramaccioli*E-mail: italo.campostrini@unimi.it
Dimorphous with metaborite; known synthetic
phase and structure
Monoclinic: P21/a
a = 7.1215(3), b = 8.8448(4), c = 6.7665(3) Å, b= 93.233(4)º6.752(165), 3.552(60), 3.219(57), 3.179(144),3.074(1000), 1.848(42), 1.818(23), 1.695(35)Type material is deposited in the referencecollection of the DCSSI, University of Milan,
sample number 2010-01799

How to cite: Campostrini, I., Demartin, F. andGramaccioli, C.M. (2010) Clinometaborite,
IMA 2010-022. CNMNC Newsletter, August
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IMA No. 2010-023Fluorocronite
PbF2
Kupol’noe Ag Sn deposit, Sarychev Range,
Saha Republic, Russian FederationStuart J. Mills*, Pavel M. Kartashov, Gennadii
N. Gamyanin, Pamela S. Whitﬁeld, Arnt Kern,
Hugues Guerault and Mati Raudsepp*E-mail: smills@eos.ubc.ca
Pb analogue of ﬂuorite
Cubic: Fm3̄ma = 5.947(3) Å
3.437(100), 2.976(46), 2.103(44), 1.794(42),1.717(21), 1.366(20), 1.329(20), 1.214(19)Type material is deposited in the collections ofthe Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow,
Russia, registration number 3987/1
How to cite: Mills, S.J., Kartashov, P.M.,
Gamyanin, G.N., Whitﬁeld, P.S., Kern, A.,
Guerault, H. and Raudsepp, M. (2010)
Fluorocronite, IMA 2010-023. CNMNC
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IMA No. 2010-025
Ferroericssonite
3+BaFe2+2 Fe O(Si2O7)(OH)
Esquire #7 and #8 claims, Big Creek, Fresno
County, California, USA
Anthony R. Kampf*, Andrew C. Roberts,
Katherine E. Venance, Gail E. Dunning andRobert E. Walstrom*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Fe2+ analogue of ericssonite
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determineda = 20.3459(10), b = 7.0119(3), c = 5.3879(4) Å,b = 94.874(7)º3.708(43), 3.506(81), 3.027(38), 2.880(42),2.788(100), 2.663(83), 2.126(55), 1.641(43)Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, catalogue numbers 63206 (Esquire #7)
and 63207 (Esquire #8)
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Roberts, A.C.,
Venance, K.E., Dunning, G.E. and Walstrom,
R.E. (2010) Ferroericssonite, IMA 2010-025.
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IMA No. 2010-026
Bohseite
Ca4Be3AlSi9O25(OH)3Ilı́maussaq Alkaline Complex, Kangerdluarssuk
fjord, Greenland
Henrik Friis*, Emil Makovicky, Mark T. Weller
and Marie-Hélène Lemée-Cailleau*E-mail: geofriis@yahoo.com
Forms a series with bavenite
Orthorhombic: Cmcm; structure determineda = 23.183(1), b = 4.9709(3), c = 19.424(1) Å
4.189(28), 3.727(93), 3.396(34), 3.347(100),3.239(79), 3.120(51), 3.039(28), 2.561(25)Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Denmark,catalogue number 1995.32
How to cite: Friis, H., Makovicky, E., Weller,
M.T. and Lemée-Cailleau, M.-H. (2010)
Bohseite, IMA 2010-026. CNMNC Newsletter,
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IMA No. 2010-028
Plumboselite
Pb3O2(SeO3)
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Anthony R. Kampf* Stuart J. Mills and William
W. Pinch*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Cmc21; structure determineda = 10.5384(11), b = 10.7452(13), c =5.7577(7) Å
3.155(100), 2.886(22), 2.691(17), 2.197(12),1.956(26), 1.886(13), 1.713(21), 1.271(17)Type material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, California, USA, catalogue number63264
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J. and Pinch,W.W. (2010) Plumboselite, IMA 2010-028.
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IMA No. 2010-029
Aldridgeite(Cd,Ca)(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South
Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott* and Allan Pring*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Cd analogue of serpierite
Monoclinic: C2/c
a = 22.049(2), b = 6.212(2), c = 21.839(2) Å,b = 113.19(3)º10.167(100), 5.076(55), 3.380(35), 2.704(30),2.645(60), 2.612(30), 2.439(50), 2.167(35)Type material is deposited in the collections of
the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South
Australia, registration number G33030
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Pring, A. (2010)
Aldrid geite, IM A 2 010 -02 9. CNMNC
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IMA No. 2010-030
Yancowinnaite
PbCuAl(AsO4)2OH·H2O
No. 3 lens, Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, NewSouth Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott* and Allan Pring*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Tsumcorite group
Triclinic: P1̄
a = 5.444(2), b = 5.640(2), c = 7.518(2) Å, a =67.89(2), b = 69.48(2), g = 70.18(2)º4.590(35), 3.286(65), 2.949(100), 2.891(40),2.850(45), 2.501(30), 2.492(80), 1.110(50)Type material is deposited in the collections of
the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South
Australia, registration number G33029
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Pring, A. (2010)
Yancowinnaite, IMA 2010-030. CNMNC
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