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    Bannisterite
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    CaMn2+10[(Si14Al2)O38(OH)8]·nH2O
    CaMn2+10[(Si14Al2)O38(OH)8]·nH2O
    Ca Mn2+ Si Al O H
    Smith M L, Frondel C (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane. Mineralogical Magazine 36, 893-913  [view file]
    Chemical formula revised:
    Dunn P J, Leavens P B, Norberg J A, Ramik R A (1981) Bannisterite: new chemical data and empirical formulae. American Mineralogist 66, 1063-1067  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from (Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O to CaMn2+10[(Si14Al2)O38(OH)8]·nH2O:
    Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2026) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 91. European Journal of Mineralogy 38, 347-352 ; https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-347-2026  [view file]
    Smith M L, Frondel C (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane. Mineralogical Magazine 36, 893-913  [view file]
    Heaney P J, Post J E, Evans H T (1992) The crystal structure of bannisterite. Clays and Clay Minerals 40, 129-144
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    Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2026) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 91. European Journal of Mineralogy 38, 347-352 ; https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-347-2026  [view file]
    Dunn P J, Leavens P B, Norberg J A, Ramik R A (1981) Bannisterite: new chemical data and empirical formulae. American Mineralogist 66, 1063-1067  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 54, 573-580  [view file]
    Heaney P J, Post J E, Evans H T (1992) The crystal structure of bannisterite. Clays and Clay Minerals 40, 129-144
    Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 78, 233-238  [view file]
    Krivovichev S V (2013) Structural complexity of minerals: Information storage and processing in the mineral world. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 275-326  [view file]
    Smith M L, Frondel C (1968) The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane. Mineralogical Magazine 36, 893-913  [view file]