Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana

Referenza:
▪ Nespolo, M: (2014): Symmetry of Crystals and Molecules. Mark Ladd. Oxford University Press, Ed., Oxford, 433 pp.

Price GBP 55.00 (hardback). ISBN 978-0-19-967088-8

Prossima pubblicazione.

Referenza:
▪ Gavryliv, L., Ponomar, V., Bermanec, M., Putiš, M. (2022): The taxonomy of mineral occurrence rarity and endemicity. Canadian Mineralogist, 60, (in press).

Referenza: ▪ Smit, K., Shirey, S., Pearson, G., Stachel, T., Nestola, F., ;oses, T. (2022): Preface. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry , 88, IV-V. Text: After more than 80 volumes of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (RiMG), we now have a volume on diamond—Diamond: Genesis, Mineralogy and ...

Referenza: ▪ Angel, R.J., Alvaro, M., Nestola, F. (2022): Crystallographic Methods for Non-destructive Characterization of Mineral Inclusions in Diamonds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry , 88 , 257-306. Abstract: The mineralogy and chemical compositions of inclusions in diamonds are the prima...

Referenza: ▪ Zhukova, I.A., Stepanov, A.S., Kosakov, A.V., Jiang, S.-Y. (2021): Application of Raman spectroscopy for the identification of phosphate minerals from REE supergene deposit. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy , 53 , 485-496. Abstract: Among critical metals, rare‐earth elements (REEs) are irr...

Tantissimi auguri, Ippazio.

Referenza: ▪ Støckler, K.A.H., Roth, N., Grønbech, T.B.E., Iversen, B.B. (2022): Epitaxial intergrowths and local oxide relaxations in natural bixbyite Fe2-xMnxO3. IUCrJ , 9 , 523-532. Abstract: The scattering pattern of a crystal obeys the symmetry of the crystal structure through the corresponding...

Nel testo alcuni errori...
E.g. leggasi aluminoedtollite and edtollite al posto di "aluminoedtoilite and edtoilite" e francoisite-(Ce), francoisite-(Nd) al posto di "francoisite-Ce, francoisite-Nd" e ancora phosphuranylite in luogo di "phosphuranaylite".

Interessante!

Da notare che gli autori giudicano antropogenici una vasta serie di composti minerali: "anthropogenic minerals, for example as byproducts of mining (603 minerals)". Con lo stesso tipo di approccio io ne individuo un po' meno di 1000 (organici e prodotti di combustioni inclusi).

Pubblicazione effettuata. Referenza: ▪ Hazen, R.M., Morrison, S.M., Krivovichev, S.V., Downs, R.T. (2022): Lumping and Splitting: Toward a Classification of Mineral Natural Kinds. American Mineralogist , 107 , 1288-1301. Abstract: How does one best subdivide nature into kinds? All classification sys...

Referenza: ▪ Gibbs, G.V., Hawthorne, F.C., Brown, G.E. (2022): Pauling’s rules for oxide-based minerals: A re-examination based on quantum mechanical constraints and modern applications of bond-valence theory to Earth materials. American Mineralogist , 107 , 1219–1248. Abstract: Since their introduc...

Referenza: ▪ Block, T., Seidel, S., Pöttgen, R. (2022): Bärnighausen Trees – A group–subgroup reference database. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials , 237 , 215-218. Abstract; Group–subgroup schemes are a useful tool in crystal chemistry for systemizing crystal structures and t...

La formula corretta è la seguente: Na(PbNa0.5K0.5)(Ta3Nb0.5Ti0.5)As3+4O18.

Quasi sicuramente la formazione di queste due specie è dovuta al fuoco, così come la formazione in campioni della stessa località-tipo di aerugite, bunsenite, paganoite, petewilliamsite e xanthiosite.

Referenza:
▪ Southwood, M. (2022): Who's Who in Mineral Names: Stephen Andrew Rust (b. 1952). Rocks and Minerals, 97, 380-382.