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    Tangdanite
    Tdn
    Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9(H2O)9
    Ca2Cu2+9(As5+O4)4(S6+O4)0.5(OH)9(H2O)9
    Ca Cu2+ As5+ O S6+ H
    de Fourestier J, Li G, Poirier G, Chukanov N V, Ma Z (2012) Fuxiaotuite, IMA 2011-096. CNMNC Newsletter No. 13, June 2012, page 808; Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 807-817
    Originally proposed with its name given as fuxiaotuite. The mineral remains pending, but the name has been withdrawn:
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 16. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 2695-2709  [view file]
    New name approved:
    Ma Z, Li G, Chukanov N V, Poirier G, Shi N (2014) Tangdanite, a new mineral species from the Yunnan Province, China and the discreditation of 'clinotyrolite'. Mineralogical Magazine 78, 559-569  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O to Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9(H2O)9:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Ma Z, Li G, Chukanov N V, Poirier G, Shi N (2014) Tangdanite, a new mineral species from the Yunnan Province, China and the discreditation of 'clinotyrolite'. Mineralogical Magazine 78, 559-569  [view file]
    Škácha P, Sejkora J, Čejka J (2019) Molecular structure of tangdanite from the Jánská vein, Příbram (Czech Republic) - a vibrational spectroscopy study. Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie 27, 205-211  [view file]
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    Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagne O C, Uvarova Y (2015) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 100, 2352-2362  [view file]
    Ma Z, Li G, Chukanov N V, Poirier G, Shi N (2014) Tangdanite, a new mineral species from the Yunnan Province, China and the discreditation of 'clinotyrolite'. Mineralogical Magazine 78, 559-569  [view file]
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Škácha P, Sejkora J, Čejka J (2019) Molecular structure of tangdanite from the Jánská vein, Příbram (Czech Republic) - a vibrational spectroscopy study. Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie 27, 205-211  [view file]
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2012) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 13, New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012. Mineralogical Magazine 76, 807-817  [view file]
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 16. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 2695-2709  [view file]
    Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2014) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 19. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014. Mineralogical Magazine 78, 165-170  [view file]