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| Name: | Uvite Uvt |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #691: Tourmaline var. Uvite / Quartz Brumado, Bahia, Brazil |
| IMA Chemistry: | CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Uvite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Magnesium (Mg) Aluminum (Al) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) Boron (B) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Italy |
| Year First Published: | 2000 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | Kunitz W (1930) Die Mischungsreihen in der Turmalingruppe und die genetischen Beziehungen zwischen Turmalinen und Glimmern. Chemie der Erde 4, 208-251 The mineral defined by Kunitz (1930) as uvite is actually fluorine dominant, and is renamed fluor-uvite. IMA2000-030a is a proposal for the hydroxyl-end member: Henry D J, Novák M, Hawthorne F C, Ertl A, Dutrow B L, Uher P, Pezzotta F (2011) Nomenclature of the tourmaline-supergroup minerals, American Mineralogist 96, 895-913 Approval for IMA2000-030a is withdrawn: Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 41. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017 and 2018. Mineralogical Magazine 82, 229–233 Re-submitted and accepted: Bosi F, Biagioni C, Pezzotta F, Skogby H, Hålenius U, Cempírek J, Hawthorne F C, Lussier A J, Abdu Y A, Day M C, Fayek M, Clark C M, Grice J D, Henry D J (2022) Uvite, CaMg_3_(Al_5_Mg)(Si_6_O_18_)(BO_3_)_3_(OH)_3_(OH), a new, but long-anticipated mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup from San Piero in Campo, Elba Island, Italy. Mineralogical Magazine 86, 767-776 |
| Structural Group Name: | Tourmaline |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
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