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New Mineral Names
Published Feb 1, 2017 · Yulia Uvarova, D. Belakovskiy, O. Gagné
American Mineralogist
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This New Mineral Names has entries for eight new minerals, including albertiniite, bosiite, coldwellite, ferrivauxite, hydroterskite, katiarsite, meerschautite, and tavagnascoite. # Albertiniite* {#article-title-2} P. Vignola, G.D. Gatta, N. Rotiroti, P. Gentile, F. Hatert, M. Baijot, D. Bersani, A. Risplendente, and A. Pavese (2016) Albertiniite, Fe2+(SO3)·3H2O, a new sulfite mineral species from the Monte Falo Pb-Zn mine, Coiromonte, Armeno Municipality, Verbano Cusio Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 985–994. Albertiniite, (IMA 2015-004), ideally Fe2+(SO3)·3H2O, is a new mineral found on the mine dumps at the Monte Falo Pb-Zn mine near Coiromonte, Armeno Municipality, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Italy (45°50′52.37″N, 8° 29′1.13″E), where it occurs on the surfaces of brittle fractures in quartz veins and in the chlorite-schist hosting the mineralized quartz veins. The ore at the mine consists mainly of galena with minor sphalerite and arsenopyrite. Albertiniite occurs associated to stolzite, pyromorphite, hinsdalite, plumbogummite, gibbsite, scheelite, and jarosite. It is an intermediate product of oxidation between iron sulfides (pyrite and arsenopyrite) and sulfates. Albertiniite is present as monoclinic prisms up to 0.7 mm across, sometimes showing rounded corners and edges, and crystals are covered frequently by brownish amorphous hydrated Fe oxides. It forms colorless to yellowish transparent crystals with a vitreous luster. The cleavage is perfect on {010}. Hardness is not reported. Density was not measured due to the lack of suitable material. D calc = 2.458 g/cm3. In transmitted light the mineral is colorless, non-pleochroic. It is optically …
Highly CitedAlbertiniite is a new sulfite mineral found at the Monte Falo Pb-Zn mine in Italy, an intermediate product of oxidation between iron sulfides and sulfates.
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