Ilirneyite

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]

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]

Relation to other minerals

Ilirneyite is a trivalent-manganese-analogue of zemannite. It is also a zinc- and manganese-analogue of keystoneite and kinichilite.[2][3]

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  • Ilirneyite on Mindat: "Ilirneyite: Ilirneyite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

References

  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. "Zemannite: Zemannite mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. "[International Mineralogical Association] : List of Minerals - IMA". Ima-mineralogy.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.


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