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    Gainesite
    Gns
    Na2BeZr2(PO4)4·1.5H2O
    Na2BeZr4+2(PO4)4·1.5H2O
    Na Be Zr4+ P O H
    Moore P B, Araki T, Steele I M, Swihart G H, Kampf A R (1983) Gainesite, sodium zirconium beryllophosphate: a new mineral and its crystal structure. American Mineralogist 68, 1022-1028  [view file]
    Chemical formula revised:
    Foord E E, Brownfield M E, Lichte F E, Davis A M, Sutley S J (1994) McCrillisite, NaCs(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1-2H2O, a new mineral species from Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine, and new data for gainesite. The Canadian Mineralogist 32, 839-842  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Na2(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1.5H2O to Na2BeZr2(PO4)4·1.5H2O:
    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]
    Moore P B, Araki T, Steele I M, Swihart G H, Kampf A R (1983) Gainesite, sodium zirconium beryllophosphate: a new mineral and its crystal structure. American Mineralogist 68, 1022-1028  [view file]
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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]
    Foord E E, Brownfield M E, Lichte F E, Davis A M, Sutley S J (1994) McCrillisite, NaCs(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1-2H2O, a new mineral species from Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine, and new data for gainesite. The Canadian Mineralogist 32, 839-842  [view file]
    Jambor J L, Roberts A C, (1995) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 80, 1073-1077  [view file]
    Moore P B, Araki T, Steele I M, Swihart G H, Kampf A R (1983) Gainesite, sodium zirconium beryllophosphate: a new mineral and its crystal structure. American Mineralogist 68, 1022-1028  [view file]