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IMA Master List The New IMA List of Minerals – A Work in Progress – Updated: March 2014 In the following pages of this document a comprehensive list of all valid mineral species is presented. The list is distributed (for terms and conditions see below) via the web site of the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association, which is the organization in charge for approval of new minerals, and more in general for all issues related to the status of mineral species. The list, which will be updated on a regular basis, is intended as the primary and official source on minerals. Explanation of column headings: Name : it is the presently accepted mineral name (and in the table, minerals are sorted by name). Chemical formula : it is the CNMNC-approved formula. IMA status : A = approved (it applies to minerals approved after the establishment of the IMA in 1958); G = grandfathered (it applies to minerals discovered before the birth of IMA, and generally considered as valid species); Rd = redefined (it applies to existing minerals which were redefined during the IMA era); Rn = renamed (it applies to existing minerals which were renamed during the IMA era); Q = questionable (it applies to poorly characterized minerals, whose validity could be doubtful). IMA No. / Year : for approved minerals the IMA No. is given: it has the form XXXX-YYY, where XXXX is the year and YYY a sequential number; for grandfathered minerals the year of the original description is given. In some cases, typically for Rd and Rn minerals, the year may be followed by s.p. (special procedure): it refers to the year in which a specific action (redefinition and/or renaming) took place, and was approved by IMA. This may be related to the approval of a report by a dedicated subcommittee on a given group of minerals. Country : it is the country in which the mineral was discovered for the first time (according to the national boundaries as of today). First reference : it is the original reference for each mineral. Second reference : it is the most recent or most complete reference for each mineral, possibly including a crystal structure study. Caveat (IMPORTANT): the list includes selected information on the 4912 currently valid species; inevitably there will be mistakes in it. We will be grateful to all those who will point out errors of any kind, including typos. Please email your corrections to [email protected] . Acknowledgments : The following persons, listed in alphabetic order, gave their contribution to the building and the update of the IMA List of Minerals: Malcolm Back, William D. Birch, Hans-Peter Bojar, Jerry Carter, Marco E. Ciriotti, Robert T. Downs, Edward S. Grew, Lorenza Fascio, Cristiano Ferraris, Giovanni Ferraris, Athanasios Godelitsas, Ulf Hålenius, Frank C. Hawthorne, Christian Imark, Jordi Lluis Justo del Campo, Vladimir G. Krivovichev, Ruslan I. Kostov, Jacques Lapaire, Lotte Melchior Larsen, Andrzej Manecki, Robert F. Martin, Tania Martins, Stuart J. Mills, Dieter Nickolay, Roberta Oberti, Mikhail Ostrooumov, Robert E. Pedersen, Gerald A. Peters, Stefan Schorn, Benjamin N. Schumer, Chris J. Stanley, Ivan Vighetto, Jeff Weissman. Distribution terms and conditions : This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . IMA IMA No. / Name CNMMN/CNMNC approved formula Country First reference Second reference Status Year Abelsonite NiC 31 H32 N4 A 1975-013 USA American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 930 Science 223 (1984), 1075 Abenakiite-(Ce) Na 26 Ce 6(Si 6O18 )(PO 4)6(CO 3)6(SO 2)O A 1991-054 Canada Canadian Mineralogist 32 (1994), 843 Abernathyite K(UO 2)(AsO 4)·3H 2O G 1956 USA American Mineralogist 41 (1956), 82 American Mineralogist 49 (1964), 1578 2+ Abhurite Sn 21 O6(OH) 14 Cl 16 A 1983-061 Saudi Arabia Canadian Mineralogist 23 (1985), 233 Canadian Mineralogist 41 (2003), 659 Zapiski Rossiyskogo Abramovite Pb 2SnInBiS 7 A 2006-016 Russia Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 136(5) (2007), 45 Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abswurmbachite Cu 2+ Mn 3+ O (SiO ) A 1990-007 Greece 6 8 4 Abhandlungen 163 (1991), 117 Annalen der Physik und Chemie 95 Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 110 Acanthite Ag S G 1855 Czech Republic 2 (1855), 462 (1958), 136 Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Journal of Physical Chemistry 96 Acetamide CH CONH A 1974-039 Ukraine Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 104 3 2 (1992), 668 (1975), 326 CNMNC Newsletter 19 - Mineralogical Achalaite (Fe 2+ ,Mn)(Ti,Fe 3+ ,Ta)(Nb,Ta) O A 2013-103 Argentina 2 8 Magazine 78 (2014), 165 Boletin de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Achavalite FeSe G 1939 Argentina Universidad Nacional de Cordoba 2 Monatshefte (1972), 276 (1939), 73 CNMNC Newsletter 18 - Mineralogical Acmonidesite (NH ,K,Pb) NaFe 2+ (SO ) Cl A 2013-068 Italy 4 8 4 4 5 8 Magazine 77 (2013), 3249 Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd ed., vol. 1. Actinolite ☐Ca (Mg Fe 2+ )Si O (OH) Rd 2012 s.p. unknown American Mineralogist 83 (1998), 458 2 4.5-2.5 0.5-2.5 8 22 2 Elmsly, London (1794), 167 Denmark Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 194 Acuminite SrAlF (OH)·H O A 1986-038 4 2 (Greenland) Monatshefte (1987), 502 (1991), 221 CNMNC Newsletter 16 - Mineralogical Adachiite CaFe 2+ Al (Si AlO )(BO ) (OH) (OH) A 2012-101 Japan 3 6 5 18 3 3 3 Magazine 77 (2013), 2695 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Adamite Zn 2(AsO 4)(OH) G 1866 Chile Séances de l'Académie des Sciences American Mineralogist 61 (1976), 979 62 (1866), 692 Adamsite-(Y) NaY(CO 3)2·6H 2O A 1999-020 Canada Canadian Mineralogist 38 (2000), 1457 Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Adelite CaMg(AsO )(OH) G 1891 Sweden 4 Förhandlingar 13 (1891), 781 Geochemistry Meeting (2002), 30 (abstr.) Tschermaks Mineralogische und Crystal Structure Communications 5 Admontite MgB O ·7H O A 1978-012 Austria Petrographische Mitteilungen 26 (1979), 6 10 2 (1976), 433 69 Adolfpateraite K(UO 2)(SO 4)(OH)(H 2O) A 2011-042 Czech Republic American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 447 Adranosite (NH 4)4NaAl 2(SO 4)4Cl(OH) 2 A 2008-057 Italy Canadian Mineralogist 48 (2010), 315 Adranosite-(Fe) (NH 4)4NaFe 2(SO 4)4Cl(OH) 2 A 2011-006 Italy Canadian Mineralogist 51 (2013), 57 Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, 3+ Aegirine NaFe Si 2O6 A 1998 s.p. Norway Geognosie, Geologie und American Mineralogist 93 (2008), 1829 Petrefaktenkunde (1835), 184 Mikroskopische Physiographie der 3+ 2+ Aegirine-augite (Ca,Na)(Fe ,Mg,Fe )Si 2O6 Rd 1988 s.p. Russia Petrographisch Wichtigen Mineralien (1892) 510 Denmark Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung 24 European Journal of Mineralogy 20 Aenigmatite Na [Fe 2+ Ti ]O [Si O ] A 1967 s.p. 4 10 2 4 12 36 (Greenland) (1865), 397 (2008), 983 (Ca,Na) (Fe 3+ ,Fe 2+ ,Mg,Al) (Al,Mg) Si O Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie (1876), European Journal of Mineralogy 21 Aerinite 6 4 6 12 36 Rd 1988 s.p. Spain (OH) 12 (CO 3)·12H 2O 352 (2009), 233 Journal für Praktische Chemie 75 Aerugite Ni (AsO ) As 5+ O Rd 1965 s.p. Germany Acta Crystallographica B45 (1989), 201 8.5 4 2 8 (1858), 239 Jahres-Bericht über die Fortschritte der Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 142 Aeschynite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb) (O,OH) Rn 1987 s.p. Russia Physischen Wissenschaften 9 (1830), 2 6 (1962), 181 182 Aeschynite-(Nd) (Nd, Ln ,Ca)(Ti,Nb) 2(O,OH) 6 A 1987 s.p. China Scientia Geologica Sinica 4 (1982), 424 Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs- European Journal of Mineralogy 11 Aeschynite-(Y) (Y, Ln ,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb) (O,OH) Rn 1987 s.p. Norway 2 6 Selskabet i Christiania 6 (1906), 1 (1999), 1043 Bulletin de la Société Française de European Journal of Mineralogy 9 Afghanite (Na,K) Ca (Si Al )O (SO ) Cl A 1967-041 Afghanistan Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 91 22 10 24 24 96 4 6 6 (1997), 21 (1968), 34 European Journal of Mineralogy 23 Afmite Al (OH) (H O) (PO )(PO OH)·H O A 2005-025a France 3 4 2 3 4 3 2 (2011), 269 Afwillite Ca 3[SiO 4][SiO 2(OH) 2]·2H 2O G 1925 South Africa Mineralogical Magazine 20 (1925), 277 Crystallography Reports 54 (2009), 418 2+ 6+ Agaite Pb 3Cu Te O5(OH) 2(CO 3) A 2011-115 USA American Mineralogist 98 (2013), 512 CNMNC Newsletter 18 - Mineralogical Agakhanovite-(Y) YCaKBe Si O ·H O A 2013-090 Norway 3 12 30 2 Magazine 77 (2013), 3249 2+ Agardite-(Ce) CeCu 6(AsO 4)3(OH) 6·3H 2O A 2003-030 Germany Aufschluss 55 (2004), 17 2+ Agardite-(La) LaCu 6(AsO 4)3(OH) 6·3H 2O A 1980-092 Greece Lapis 9 (1984), 22 2+ Agardite-(Nd) NdCu 6(AsO 4)3(OH) 6·3H 2O A 2010-056 Greece Journal of Geosciences 57 (2011), 249 Bulletin de la Société Française de 2+ Agardite-(Y) YCu 6(AsO 4)3(OH) 6·3H 2O A 1968-021 Morocco Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 92 Acta Crystallographica E69 (2013), i61 (1969), 420 Agrellite NaCa 2Si 4O10 F A 1973-032 Canada Canadian Mineralogist 14 (1976), 120 Crystallography Reports 43 (1998), 589 Mineralogy and Petrology 103 (2011), Agricolaite K (UO )(CO ) A 2009-081 Czech Republic 4 2 3 3 169 Agrinierite K2Ca[(UO 2)3O3(OH) 2]2·5H 2O A 1971-046 France Mineralogical Magazine 38 (1972), 781 American Mineralogist 85 (2000), 1294 American Journal of Science, Ser.
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