YIN Jing-wu 1, LI Guo-wu1, YANG Guang-ming2, GE Xiang-kun3, PAN Bao-ming2, XU Hai-ming4, WANG Jun4
(1. Science Research Institute, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China;
2. China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China;
3. Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing 100029, China;
4. Institute of Mineral Resources Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China)
Abstract: Fluornatropyrochlore is a new pyrochlore supergroup mineral species from Boziguoer rare earth ore deposit, Baicheng County, Akesu Region, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It occurs in the intrusive alkali granite rocks from the deposit. In this paper, its physical properties, chemical composition and crystal structure were studied, and the new name has been approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) (IMA 2013-056).
Keywords: fluornatropyrochlore; supergroup; new mineral; CNMNC-IMA
ACTA MINERALOGICA SINICA Vol. 36, No. 1, 2016, Page 34-37
