

The new mineral manganflurlite (IMA2017-076), ideally Mn 3 2 + Fe 3+ (PO 4) 3 (OH) 2 (H 2 O) 7 ·2H 2 O, monoclinic, was discovered on two specimens of phosphophyllite from the famous Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (49°39′1″N, 12°27′35″E). The ideal formula for its zinc analogue, flurlite, has been revised to Zn 4 Fe 3+ (PO 4) 3 (OH) 2 (H …







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New activity–composition (a–x) relations for minerals commonly occurring in metapelites are presented for use with the internally consistent thermodynamic dataset of Holland & Powell (2011, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 29, 333–383).The a–x relations include a broader consideration of Fe 2 O 3 in minerals, changes to the formalism of several phases and …







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This issue of New Mineral Names provides a summary of the newly described minerals from 2023 and selected information for recent descriptions from October to December of 2023. New mineral name trends and observations are presented using an objective, data-driven, and curated examination of new mineral species and their broader implications. ...













The term "minerals" as used in nutrition labels and pharmaceutical products is not the same as a mineral in a geological sense. In geology, the classic definition of a mineral is: 1) naturally occurring, 2) inorganic, 3) solid at room temperature, 4) regular crystal structure, and 5) defined chemical composition.Some natural substances technically should not be considered minerals, …







Crystals of karwowskiite, Ca 9 Mg(Fe 2+ 0.5 0.5)(PO 4) 7, a new mineral of the merrillite group, were found on an amygdule wall in the central part of an anorthite–tridymite–diopside paralava of the Hatrurim Complex, Daba-Siwaqa, Jordan.The amygdule was filled with a sulfide melt, which after crystallization gave a differentiated nodule, …







The mineral and its name have been approved by the Commission of New Mineral Nomenclature and Classification (NMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA 2022043). One co-type is deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A., with catalog number 115471. Two are deposited in the collections of the Natural ...



Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification Overview: The Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) was formed with the purpose of controlling the introduction of new minerals and mineral names, rationalizing the mineral nomenclature, reviewing the existing systems of …


