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    Potassiccarpholite
    Pcar
    K(Mn2+Li)Al4Si4O12(OH)8
    K(Mn2+Li)Al4Si4O12(OH)8
    K Mn2+ Li Al Si O H
    Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Pinch W W (2004) Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 121-124  [view file]
    Name changed from potassic-carpholite:
    Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: An IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks. The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from K(Mn2+,Li)2Al4Si4O12(OH,F)8 to K(Mn2+Li)Al4Si4O12(OH)8:
    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]
    Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Pinch W W (2004) Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 121-124  [view file]
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    Basso R, Carbone C (2010) Relationships between crystal data and crystal chemistry of carpholite-group minerals. Periodico di Mineralogia 79, 91-98  [view file]
    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]
    Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: An IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks. The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135  [view file]
    Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association. American Mineralogist 88, 1620-1624  [view file]
    Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association. The Canadian Mineralogist 41, 795-802  [view file]
    Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 89, 1826-1834  [view file]
    Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 91, 216-224  [view file]
    Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 1901-1927  [view file]
    Tait K T, Hawthorne F C, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Pinch W W (2004) Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 121-124  [view file]
    Van Laer W C (2005) Potassic-carpholite and the myth of Centerville, Idaho. The Canadian Mineralogist 43, 1125-1126  [view file]