Chemistry:Ilirneyite

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Ilirneyite
General
CategoryTellurate
Formula
(repeating unit)
Mg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3]•4.5H2O
Crystal systemHexagonal
Crystal classDipyramidal (6/m)
H-M symbol: (6/m)
Space groupP63/m
Unit cella = 9.40, c = 7.66 [Å]
Identification
References[1]

Ilirneyite is a rare tellurate mineral with the formula Mg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3]•4.5H2O. It was discovered at the Sentyabr'skoe deposit (of silver and gold) in the Ilirney Range, Western Chukotka, Russia.[1]

Relation to other minerals

Ilirneyite is a trivalent-manganese-analogue of zemannite. It is also a zinc- and manganese-analogue of keystoneite and kinichilite.[3][4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pekov, I.V., Siidra, O.I., Vlasov, E.A.,Yapaskurt, V.O., Lukina, E.A., Polekhovsky, Y.S., and Apletalin, A.V., 2015. Ilirneyite, IMA2015-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 27, October 2015, 1225; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1229–1236
  2. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode2021MinM...85..291W. 
  3. "Zemannite: Zemannite mineral information and data". http://www.mindat.org/min-4392.html. Retrieved 2016-03-12. 
  4. "[International Mineralogical Association : List of Minerals - IMA"]. 21 March 2011. http://www.ima-mineralogy.org/Minlist.htm. Retrieved 2016-03-12.