Rubinite
Ma, C., Yoshizaki, T., Nakamura, T. and Muto, J.
IMA 2016-110. CNMNC Newsletter No. 36, April 2017, page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 403–409.
“IMA No. 2016-110
Rubinite
Ca3Ti23+Si3O12
Vigarano meteorite, fell near Vigarano Pieve,
Ferrara, Italy (44°51′N, 11°24′E); Allende CV3
meteorite, fell near Pueblito de Allende,
Chihuahua, Mexico (26°58′N, 105°19′W)
Chi Ma*, Takashi Yoshizaki, Tomoki
Nakamura and Jun Muto
*E-mail: chi@gps.caltech.edu
Garnet supergroup
Cubic: Ia3d
a = 12.1875 Å
3.047(55), 2.725(100), 2.488(50), 1.690(34),
1.629(80), 1.363(18), 1.330(23), 1.113(20)
Type material is deposited in the meteorite
collection of the Division of Geological and
Planetary Sciences, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California 91125,
USA, section VCM3 (Vigarano), and the
Division of Earth and Planetary Materials
Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku
University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan,
section AE01 (Allende)
How to cite: Ma, C., Yoshizaki, T., Nakamura,
T. and Muto, J. (2017) Rubinite, IMA 2016-
110. CNMNC Newsletter No. 36, April 2017,
page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 403–
409.”
IN
New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017
Hålenius, U.; Hatert, F.; Pasero, M.; Mills, S. J.
Mineralogical Magazine, Volume 81, Number 2, April 2017, pp. 403-409(7)
