Recently discovered minerals

Tomsquarryite

Ideal formula: NaMgAl3(PO4)2(OH)6·8H2O
Crystal system: Trigonal: R-3m1
a = 10.720(1), b = 6.9733(6), c = 6.8383(7) Å, β = 93.535(6)°

IMA No. 2022-018

Peter Elliott, Ian E. Grey*, W. Gus Mumme, Colin M. MacRae and Anthony R. Kampf

EJM, 34, 375–383, 2022  https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-375-2022

Image of tomsquarryite mineral structure

Tomsquarryite mineral structure

Cuprozheshengite

Ideal formula: Pb4CuZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 4.7977(8), b = 8.5789(8), c = 10.3855(9) Å, α = 97.270(8), β = 101.90(1), γ = 91.49(1)°

IMA No. 2021-095a

Ningyue Sun, Ian E. Grey, Guowu Li*, Christian Rewitzer, Yuan Xue, W. Gus Mumme, Hongtao Shen, Jinhua Hao, Colin M. MacRae, Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, Stephanie Boer, Tim Williams and Anthony R. Kampf

Mineralogical Magazine, 86, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2022.56

Elliottite

Ideal formula: NaMgAl3(PO4)2F6·9H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: C2/m
a = 12.242(1), b = 7.0118(7), c = 11.2946(9) Å, β = 101.19(1)°

IMA No. 2021-113

Ian E. Grey*, W. Gus Mumme, Colin M. MacRae, Anthony Kampf and Stuart J. Mills

Mineralogical Magazine, 86, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2022.33

Structure of elliottite

Penriceite

Ideal formula: [Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2F6]·H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/c
a = 13.478(3), b = 9.971(2), c = 6.999(1) Å, β = 97.20(3)°

IMA No. 2021-068

Peter Elliott, Ian E. Grey*, Colin M. Macrae, Anthony R. Kampf and Cameron Davidson

Mineralogical Magazine, 85, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.93

 

Structure of penriceite

Whiteite-(MnMnMn)

Ideal formula: Mn2+Mn2+Mn2+2 Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P2/a
a = 15.024(3), b = 6.947(1), c = 9.999(2) Å, β = 110.71(3)°

IMA No. 2021-049

Ian E. Grey*, Jason B. Smith, Anthony R. Kampf, W. Gus Mumme, Colin M. Macrae, Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, Stephanie Boer and Alexander M. Glenn

Mineralogical Magazine, 85, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.74
Mineralogical Magazine (2021) 85 (6): 862–867. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.75

Structure of whiteite-(MnMnMn)

Galeaclolusite

Ideal formula: Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4·8H2O
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Pnma
a = 19.855(4), b = 17.693(1), c = 7.7799(5) Å

IMA No. 2020-052

Ian E. Grey*, George Favreau, Stuart J. Mills, W. Gus Mumme, Catherine Bougerol, Helen E.A. Brand, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae and Finlay Shanks

Mineralogical Magazine, 84, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.93
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 142 – 148 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.98

Structure of galeaclolusite

Alcantarillaite

Ideal formula: [Fe3+0.5(H2O)4][CaAs3+2 (Fe3+2.5W6+0.5)(AsO4)2O7]
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Imma
a = 24.038(8), b = 7.444(3), c = 10.387(3) Å

IMA No. 2019-072

Rupert Hochleitner, Christian Rewitzer, Ian E. Grey*, Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, W. Gus Mumme, Melanie Kaliwoda, Henrik Friis and Carlos U. Martin

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 412 – 419 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.18

Structure of alcantarillaite

Jahnsite-(CaMnZn)

Ideal formula: CaMn2+Zn2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P2/a
a = 15.054(1), b = 7.1890(6), c = 10.030(2) Å, β = 111.273(7)°

IMA No. 2019-073

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, John D. Cashion and A. Matt Glenn

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , August 2020 , pp. 547 – 553 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2020.40

Structure of jahnsite-(CaMnZn)

Halilsarpite

Ideal formula: [Mg(H2O)6][CaAs3+2(Fe3+2.67Mo6+0.33)(AsO4)2O7]
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Imma
a = 26.489(1), b = 7.4205(3), c = 10.4378(4) Å

IMA No. 2019-023

Ian E. Grey*, Tomas Husdal, Henrik Friis, Fabrice Dal Bo, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, W. Gus Mumme, Ole-Thorstein Ljøstad and Finlay Shanks

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, doi: https://10.1180/mgm.2019.46
EJM, 32, 89–98, 2020   https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-89-2020

Structure of halilsarpite

Šlikite

Ideal formula: Zn2Mg(CO3)2(OH)2·4H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 6.335(4), b = 6.340(1), c = 13.923(4) Å, α = 99.985(7), β =92.74(1), γ = 114.93(2)°

IMA No. 2018-120

Jiří Sejkora*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, W. Gus Mumme, Bohuslav Bureš and Jiří Čejka

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 143–147.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (5-6): 1047–1054. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2866

Structure of šlikite

Bouškaite

Ideal formula: (MoO2)2O(SO3OH)2(H2O)4
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 5.581(3), b = 9.572(1), c = 14.425(4) Å, α = 97.43(1), β = 100.05(2), γ = 89.96(1)°

IMA No. 2018-055a

Jiri Sejkora*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, Jakub Plášil and Pavel Škácha

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 143–147.
Journal of Geosciences, volume 64 (2019), issue 3, 197 – 205 DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.287

Kenngottite

Ideal formula: Mn2+3Fe3+4(PO4)4(OH)6(H2O)2
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P2/a
a = 13.909(10), b = 5.186(4), c = 12.159(9) Å, β = 98.88(1)°

IMA No. 2018-063a

Jiří Sejkora*, Ian E. Grey and Anthony R. Kampf

Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 143–147.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (3): 629–636. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2855

Amamoorite

Ideal formula: CaMn2+2Mn3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/a
a = 13.0981(2), b = 8.8897(2), c = 5.9029(1) Å, β = 91.697(2)°

IMA No. 2018-105

Roger Townend, Ian E. Grey*, W. Gus Mumme, Anthony R. Kampf, Malcolm Roberts, Robert W. Gable and Rodney Dale

Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1369–1379.

Natrowalentaite

Ideal formula: [Fe3+0.5Na0.5(H2O)6][NaAs3+2(Fe3+2.33W6+0.67)(PO4)2O7]
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Imma
a = 25.770(3), b = 7.3250(8), c = 10.522(1) Å

IMA No. 2018-032a

Ian E. Grey*, W. Gus Mumme, Anthony R. Kampf and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1369–1379.

Structure of natrowalentaite

Fanfaniite

Ideal formula: Ca4MnAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: C2/c
a = 10.032(5), b = 24.162(9), c = 6.241(2) Å, β = 91.47(2)°

IMA No. 2018-053

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Jason B. Smith and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 82,1225–1232.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (3): 647–652. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2857

Aniyunwiyaite

Ideal formula: Ca3Mn2+Fe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 6.255(3), b = 13.197(4), c = 19.410(5) Å, α = 106.817(7), β = 90.81(2), γ = 90.65(2)

IMA No. 2018-054

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Jason B. Smith and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1225–1232.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (5-6): 1007–1014. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2872

Ferrirockbridgeite

Ideal formula: (Fe3+0.67☐0.33)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Bbmm
a = 13.853(1), b = 16.928(1), c = 5.1917(5) Å

IMA No. 2018-065

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, John D. Cashion, Yesim Gozukara and Finlay L. Shanks

Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 1225–1232.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (3): 585–594. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2846

F

errirockbridgeite

Ferrorockbridgeite

Ideal formula: (Fe2+,Mn2+)2(Fe3+)3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Bbmm
a = 13.994(1), b = 16.884(1), c = 5.1866(4) Å

IMA No. 2018-004

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Erich Keck, Colin M. MacRae, John Cashion and Yesim Gozukara

Mineralogical Magazine, 82, 779–785
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (2): 389–397. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2823

Manganflurlite

Ideal formula: ZnMn2+3Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/m
a = 6.4546(8), b = 11.1502(9), c = 13.1630(10) Å, β = 99.829(5)°

IMA No. 2017-076

Anthony R. Kampf*, Ian E. Grey, Colin M. MacRae and Erich Keck

Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1577–1581.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (1): 127–134. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2793

Wildenauerite

Ideal formula: Zn(Fe3+,Mn2+)2MnFe3+(PO4)3(OH)3(H2O)6·2H2O
Crystal system:  Orthorhombic: Pmab
a = 11.044(1), b = 25.431(1), c = 6.412(1) Å

 IMA No. 2017-058

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, John D. Cashion, A. Matt Glen, Cameron J. Davidson and Yesim Gozukara

Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1279–1286.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 181 – 190 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2018.123

Wildenauerite

Schmidite

Ideal formula: [Zn2(Fe3+,Mn2+)2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)3(H2O)6]·2H2O
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Pmab
a = 11.002(1), b = 25.310(2), c = 6.390(1) Å

 IMA No. 2017-012

 Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, A. Matthew Glenn, John Cashion and Yesim Gozukara

Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 737–742
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 181 – 190 DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2018.123

Schmidite

Zincostrunzite

Ideal formula: ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6.5H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 10.1736(6), b = 9.7999(5), c = 7.3296(2) Å, α = 91.325(4), β = 97.895(6), γ = 116.948(4)°

IMA No. 2016-023

Anthony R. Kampf*, Ian E. Grey, Pedro Alves, Stuart J. Mills, Barbara P. Nash, Colin M. MacRae and Erich Keck

Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 915–922.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2017) 29 (2): 315–322. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2593

Wilhelmgümbelite

Ideal formula: ZnFe2+Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)5·2H2O
Crystal system: Orthorhombic: Pmab
a = 10.987(3), b = 25.378(13), c = 6.387(6) Å

IMA No. 2015-072

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, A. Matthew Glenn and Jason R. Price

Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 287 – 296 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.098

Wilhelmgümbelite structure

Ferraioloite

Ideal formula: MgMn2+4(Fe2+0.5Al0.5)4Zn4(PO4)8(OH)4(H2O)20
Crystal system: Monoclinic: I2/m
a = 25.333(3), b = 6.299(1), c = 15.161(3) Å, β = 90.93(3)°

IMA No. 2015-066

Stuart J. Mills*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, Jason B. Smith, Cameron J. Davidson and A. Matt Glenn

Mineralogical Magazine, 79,1859–1864.
European Journal of Mineralogy Volume 28 Number 3 (2016), p. 655 – 661 DOI: https://10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2525

Ferraioloite structure

Steinmetzite

Ideal formula: Zn2Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)·3H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 10.438(2), b = 5.102(1), c = 10.546(2) Å, α = 91.37(2), β = 115.93(2), γ = 94.20(2)°

IMA No. 2015-081

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, W. Gus Mumme, Colin M. MacRae, Robert W. Gable, A. Matthew Glenn and Cameron J. Davidson

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1859–1864
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 329 – 338 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.100

Penberthycroftite

Ideal formula: [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]·8H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/c
a = 7.753(2), b = 24.679(5), c = 15.679(3)  Å, β = 94.19(3)º

IMA No. 2015-025

Ian E. Grey*, John Betterton, Anthony R. Kampf, Jason R. Price and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941947.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 80 , Issue 7 , December 2016 , pp. 1149 – 1160 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.069

Structure of penberthycroftite

Kayrobertsonite

Ideal formula: [MnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4]·2H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 10.049(2), b = 10.205(2), c = 6.083(1) Å, α = 91.79(3), β = 99.70(3), γ = 98.02(3)º

IMA No. 2015-029

Stuart J. Mills*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf, William D. Birch, Colin M. MacRae, Jason B. Smith and Erich Keck

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941-947.
European Journal of Mineralogy (2016) 28 (3): 649–654. https://doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2524

Kummerite

Ideal formula: Mn2+Fe3+Al(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Crystal system: Triclinic: P-1
a = 5.320(1), b = 10.670(3), c = 7.139(1) Å, α = 107.71(3), β = 111.40(3), γ = 71.84 (2)º

IMA No. 2015-036

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, W. Gus Mumme, Allan Pring, Colin M. MacRae, Finlay L. Shanks and Jason R. Price

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 941947.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 80 , Issue 7 , December 2016 , pp. 1243 – 1254 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2016.080.061

Kummerite structure

Flurlite

Ideal formula: Zn3Mn2+Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2·9H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/m
a = 6.3894(8), b = 11.037(1), c = 13.063(2) Å, β = 99.37(2)º

IMA No. 2014-064

Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, W. Gus Mumme, Allan Pring and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 5158.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 1175 – 1184 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.11

Bettertonite

Ideal formula: Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9·16H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: C2/c
a = 7.773(2), b = 26.991(5), c = 15.867(3) Å, β = 94.22(3)º

IMA No. 2014-074

Ian E. Grey*, Anthony R. Kampf, Jason R. Price and Colin M. MacRae

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 79 , Issue 7 , December 2015 , pp. 1849 – 1858 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2015.079.7.16

Structure of bettertonite

Tvrdy´ite

Ideal formula: Fe2+Fe3+2Al3(PO4)4(OH)5(H2O)4·2H2O
Crystal system: Monoclinic: C2/c
a = 20.564(4), b = 5.101(1), c = 18.883(4) Å, β = 93.68(3)º

IMA No. 2014-082

Jiri Sejkora*, Ian E. Grey, Anthony R. Kampf and Jason R. Price

Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 51-58.

Kleberite

Ideal formula: FeTi6O11(OH)5
Crystal system: Monoclinic: P21/c
a = 7.5259(6), b = 4.5741(2), c = 9.854(1) Å, β = 130.784(6)°

IMA No. 2012-023

Ian E. Grey* and Klaus Steinike

Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 12811288.
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 45 – 55 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.05

Krásnoite

Ideal formula: Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2∙8H2O
Crystal system: Trigonal: P-3m1
a = 6.9956(4), c = 20.200(2) Å

IMA No. 2011-040

Stuart J. Mills*, Jiří Sejkora, Anthony R. Kampf, Ian E. Grey, Timothy J. Bastow, Neil A. Ball, Paul M. Adams, Mati Raudsepp and Mark A. Cooper

Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2601-2613
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 625 – 634 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2012.076.3.13

Nordgauite

Ideal formula: MnAl2(PO4)2(F,OH)2∙5.5H2O
Crystal system:  Triclinic: P-1
a = 9.920(4), b = 9.933(3), c = 6.087(2) Å, α = 92.19(3), β = 100.04(3), γ = 97.61(3)º

IMA No. 2010-040

William D. Birch*, Ian E. Grey, Stuart J. Mills, Allan Pring and Erich Keck

Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 899-902.
Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 269-278. Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 269 – 278 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2011.075.2.269

Nordgauite structure

Townendite

Ideal formula: Na8ZrSi6O18
Lovozerite group
Crystal system: Trigonal: R3m
a = 10.345(2), c = 13.103(2) Å

 IMA No. 2009-066

Kvanefjeld prospect, Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, Southern Greenland (60°54’N 45°50’W)

Ian E. Grey

American Mineralogist (2010) 95 (4): 646–650. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3293

townendite