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The new mineral evseevite was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Evseevite is represented by two chemical varieties. The variety close to the end-member Na2Mg(AsO4)F (holotype) is associated with sanidine, hematite, tenorite, aegirine, cassiterite, sylvite, halite, johillerite, badalovite, calciojohillerite, hatertite, arsmirandite, yurmarinite, axelite, polyarsite, aphthitalite, potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite, litidionite, ferrisanidine and tridymite. The P- and S-enriched variety (cotype) is associated with hematite, fluorophlogopite, svabite, fluorapatite, tilasite, calciojohillerite, forsterite, cassiterite, belomarinaite and aphthitalite. Evseevite occurs as prismatic, acicular or hair-like crystals up to 0.7 mm long combined in clusters up to 0.5 mm, brushes or crusts up to 2 × 2 mm. It is transparent, colourless or pale pinkish, with vitreous lustre. Dcalc is 3.377 g cm–3 for the holotype and 3.226 g cm–3 for the cotype. Evseevite is optically uniaxial (+), α = 1.545(2), β = 1.546(2), γ = 1.549(2) and 2Vmeas = 40(10)°. The empirical formulae calculated based on O+F = 5 apfu are (Na1.99Ca0.03K0.01)Σ2.03(Mg0.98Fe3+0.01Zn0.01Cu0.01)Σ1.01[(As0.98Si0.01)Σ1.01O4](F0.97O0.03) for the holotype and Na2.02(Mg1.00Fe3+0.03)Σ1.03[(As0.69P0.25S0.07)Σ1.01O4](F0.78O0.22) for the cotype. Evseevite is orthorhombic, Pbcn, a = 5.3224(1), b = 14.1255(3), c = 12.0047(3) Å, V = 902.53(4) Å3 and Z = 8. Strong reflections of the powder XRD pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 4.001(100)(121), 3.479(56)(023), 3.041(45)(042), 2.657(44)(200), 2.642(68)(142) and 2.613(36)(104). The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal XRD data and refined on powder data by the Rietveld method, Rwp = 0.0068, Rp = 0.0047 and Robs = 0.0435. Evseevite is isostructural to moraskoite Na2Mg(PO4)F. The structure of evseevite can be described in terms of anion-centred polyhedra. F-centred octahedra [FNa4Mg2]7+ share faces to form chains [FNa2Mg]3+ and AsO4 tetrahedra are located between the chains. Evseevite belongs to a small set of minerals with antiperovskite structures and is the first natural arsenate with antiperovskite units. The mineral is named in honour of the Russian mineralogist Aleksandr Andreevich Evseev (born 1949).

Napoliite, ideally Pb2OFCl, is a new fluoroxychloride mineral found in a specimen from a fumarole formed subsequent to the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius volcano, Naples Province, Italy. It occurs as well-shaped lamellar crystals up to 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.01 mm typically forming clusters up to 0.4 × 0.4 mm on the surface of volcanic scoria in association with anglesite, artroeite, atacamite, calcioaravaipaite, cerussite, challacolloite, cotunnite, hephaistosite, manuelarossiite, matlockite and susannite. Napoliite is colourless with white streak and adamantine lustre. It is brittle and has a laminated fracture. Cleavage is perfect on {001}. Dcalc = 7.797 g cm–3. The calculated mean refractive index is 2.10. Chemical composition (wt.%, electron microprobe) is: PbO 91.71, F 3.89, Cl 7.34, –O=(F+Cl) –3.30, total 99.64. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 3 anions is Pb1.999O0.997F0.996Cl1.007. Raman spectroscopy confirms the absence of OH– groups and H2O molecules in the mineral. Napoliite is tetragonal, space group P42/mcm, a = 5.7418(11), c = 12.524(4) Å, V = 412.9(2) Å3 and Z = 4. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.860 (85) (111); 3.139 (20) (004); 2.914 (100) (113); 2.866 (63) (200); 2.118 (19) (204); 2.027 (19) (220); 1.665 (20) (313); and 1.642 (23) (117). The crystal structure was refined to R1 = 0.024 for 222 reflections with F > 4σ(F). It is based on lead oxide blocks derived from that of litharge PbO, which alternate with layers of chloride ions. Napoliite represents a new structure type with a unique order/disorder pattern of fluorine and oxygen atoms. The new mineral is dimorphous with rumseyite. It is named after the city of Naples (Napoli in Italian).

The new mineral bakakinite, ideally Ca2V2O7, was found in the high-temperature (not lower than 500°C) exhalations of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with anhydrite, svabite, pliniusite, schäferite, berzeliite, diopside, hematite, powellite, baryte, fluorapatite, calciojohillerite, ludwigite, magnesioferrite, anorthite, titanite and esseneite. Bakakinite forms flattened crystals up to 30 × 5 μm, typically distorted. The mineral is transparent, colourless or pale yellow, with strong vitreous lustre. Electron microprobe analysis gave (wt.%): CaO 37.04, SrO 0.26, SiO2 0.16, P2O5 1.48, V2O5 49.47, As2O5 10.85, SO3 0.35, total 99.61. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 7 O apfu is (Ca1.99Sr0.01)Σ2.00(V1.64As0.28P0.06Si0.01S0.01)Σ2.00O7. The Dcalc is 3.463 g cm–3. Bakakinite is triclinic, P$\bar{1}$, unit-cell parameters are: a = 6.64(2), b = 6.92(2), c = 7.01(2) Å, α = 86.59(7), β = 63.77(7), γ = 83.47(6)°, V = 287.0(5) Å3 and Z = 2. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 4.647(27)(111, 0$\bar{1}$1), 3.138(76)(002), 3.103(100)(120, 121), 3.027(20)(021), 2.960(81)(200), 2.158(19)(031, 302), 1.791(16)(320), 1.682(16)(114) and 1.584(17)(1$\bar{3}$3, 403). Bakakinite is a natural analogue of synthetic Ca2V2O7. The mineral is named in honour of the outstanding Russian crystallographer and crystal chemist Vladimir Vasilievich Bakakin (born 1933).

The new eudialyte-group mineral selsurtite, ideally (H3O)12Na3(Ca3Mn3)(Na2Fe)Zr3□Si[Si24O69(OH)3](OH)Cl⋅H2O, was discovered in metasomatic peralkaline rock from the Flora mountain, northern spur of the Selsurt mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The associated minerals are aegirine, albite and orthoclase, as well as accessory lorenzenite, calciomurmanite, natrolite, lamprophyllite and sergevanite. Selsurtite occurs as brownish-red to reddish-orange, equant or flattened on (0001) crystals up to 2 mm across and elongate crystals up to 3 cm long. The main crystal forms are {0001}, {11$\bar{2}$0}, and {10$\bar{1}$1}. Selsurtite is brittle, with the Mohs’ hardness of 5. No cleavage is observed. Parting is distinct on (001). D(meas) = 2.73(2) and D(calc) = 2.722 g⋅cm–3. Selsurtite is optically uniaxial (–), with ω = 1.598(2) and ɛ = 1.595(2). The chemical composition is (wt.%, electron microprobe): Na2O 6.48, K2O 0.27, MgO 0.10, CaO 6.83, MnO 4.73, FeO 1.18, SrO 1.88, La2O3 0.57, Ce2O3 1.07, Pr2O3 0.20, Nd2O3 0.44, Al2O3 0.29, SiO2 50.81, ZrO2 13.50, HfO2 0.45, TiO2 0.61, Nb2О5 1.10, Cl 1.01, SO3 0.29, H2O 8.10, –O≡Cl –0.23, total 99.68. The empirical formula is H25.94Na6.03K0.16Mg0.07Ca3.51Sr0.52Ce0.19La0.10Nd0.08Pr0.03Mn1.91Fe0.47Ti0.22Zr3.16Hf0.06Nb0.24Si24.40Al0.16S0.10Cl0.82O79.13. The crystal structure was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R = 0.0484. Selsurtite is trigonal, space group R3, with a = 14.1475(7) Å, c = 30.3609(12) Å, V = 5262.65(7) Å3 and Z = 3. Infrared and Raman spectra show that hydronium cations are involved in very strong hydrogen bonds and form Zundel- and Eigen-like complexes. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %)(hkl)] are: 11.38 (56)(101), 7.08 (59)(110), 5.69 (36)(202), 4.318 (72)(205), 3.793 (36)(303), 3.544 (72)(027, 220, 009), 2.970 (100)(315) and 2.844 (100)(404). The mineral is named after the discovery locality.

A new mineral kalithallite, K3Tl3+Cl6⋅2H2O, was found in an active fumarole belonging to the Northern fumarole field at the First scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Kalithallite is a product of the relatively low-temperature (70–150°C) interactions involving high-temperature sublimate minerals, volcanic gas and atmospheric water vapour. The associated minerals are cryobostryxite, KZnCl3⋅2H2O, halite, sylvite, opal and gypsum. Kalithallite forms lamellar to tabular crystals up to 5 × 30 × 40 μm combined in open-work aggregates up to 1 mm across. It is transparent, colourless in individuals and white to pale cream coloured or pale beige in aggregates, with vitreous lustre. Dcalc = 3.01 g cm–3. Kalithallite is optically uniaxial (–), ɛ = 1.656(3) and ω = 1.662(3). The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe data, H2O calculated by stoichiometry) is: K 17.72, Zn 0.85, Tl 38.76, Cl 35.91, H2Ocalc 5.99, total 99.23. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of K+Zn+Tl+Cl = 10 apfu is K2.72Zn0.06Tl1.14Cl6.08⋅2H2O. Kalithallite is tetragonal, I4/mmm, a = 15.9333(5), c = 18.1088(7) Å, V = 4595.2(4) Å3 and Z = 14. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 5.98(100)(202); 5.64(36)(220); 3.984(20)(400); 3.528(30)(224); 3.315(22)(422); 2.890(15)(334); and 2.817(24)(206, 440). Kalithallite is isotypical to synthetic K3Tl3+Cl6⋅2H2O. The crystal structure was refined from the powder XRD data using the Rietveld method, RBragg = 0.55%, Rp = 0.56%, and Rwp = 0.75%. The structure contains Tl3+Cl6 octahedra and K-centred polyhedra of three types: KCl8, KCl8(H2O) and KCl7(H2O)2. The mineral is named as a kalium–thallium ordered compound.

The new mineral axelite, ideally Na14Cu7(AsO4)8F2Cl2, was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with sylvite, halite, arsmirandite, bradaczekite, johillerite, tilasite, ericlaxmanite, lammerite, hematite, tenorite, cassiterite, pseudobrookite, aphthitalite-group sulfates, anhydrite, fluoborite, sanidine and fluorophlogopite. Axelite occurs as tabular, quadratic, rectangular or stronger distorted crystals up to 0.02 × 0.1 × 0.1 mm, sometimes combined in interrupted crusts up to 0.4 mm across overgrowing sylvite. It is transparent, sky-blue, with vitreous lustre. Cleavage was not observed. Dcalc is 3.662 g cm–3. Axelite is optically uniaxial (–), ɛ = 1.650(4) and ω = 1.678(4). Chemical composition (wt.%, electron microprobe data) is: Na2O 22.54, K2O 0.08, CaO 0.04, MgO 0.05, CuO 26.69, P2O5 1.75, V2O5 0.15, As2O5 44.14, SO3 0.04, F 1.57, Cl 3.60, –O=(F,Cl) –1.47, total 99.18. The empirical formula based on O+F+Cl=36 apfu is Na14.37K0.03Ca0.01Mg0.02Cu6.63P0.49V0.03As7.59S0.01O32.36F1.63Cl2.01. Axelite is tetragonal, P4bm, a = 14.5957(2), c = 8.34370(18) Å, V = 1777.51(6) Å3 and Z = 2. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 8.32(44)(001), 5.156(47)(220), 4.168(21)(002), 3.246(34)(222), 3.180(61)(331), 2.747(100)(402), 2.709(36)(511) and 2.580(29)(440). The crystal structure, solved from single-crystal XRD data (R = 4.50%), is unique. It is based on the heteropolyhedral chains built by clusters formed by CuO4Cl square pyramids connected with AsO4 tetrahedra. Adjacent chains are connected via common vertices of AsO4 tetrahedra with CuO4Cl pyramids to form a heteropolyhedral pseudo-framework. Axelite is remotely related, in both structural and chemical aspects, to lavendulan-like minerals and synthetic compounds. The mineral is named in honour of the outstanding Finnish–Russian crystallographer, mineralogist and material scientist Axel Gadolin (1828–1892).

The new alluaudite-group mineral khrenovite with the ideal, end-member formula Na3Fe3+2(AsO4)3 was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with aphthitalite-group sulfates, badalovite, calciojohillerite, nickenichite, johillerite, tilasite, svabite, achyrophanite, ozerovaite, pansnerite, arsenatrotitanite, anhydrite, sanidine, hematite, cassiterite, rutile and pseudobrookite. Khrenovite occurs as coarse prismatic crystals up to 0.2 × 0.3 × 0.8 mm and their clusters up to 1 mm across. It is transparent, honey-coloured, red-, orange- or yellow-brown, with vitreous lustre. Khrenovite is brittle, cleavage was not observed. Dcalc is 4.257 g cm–3. Khrenovite is optically biaxial (+), α = 1.825(7), β = 1.834(7), γ = 1.845(7) and 2Vmeas. = 80(10)°. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe) is: Na2O 11.47, K2O 1.23, CaO 0.18, MgO 0.01, MnO 4.10, CuO 4.27, ZnO 1.99, Al2O3 0.17, Fe2O3 21.12, SiO2 0.08, P2O5 0.01, V2O5 0.10, As2O5 56.03, SO3 0.02, total 100.78. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 12 O apfu is (Na2.26K0.16Ca0.02Mn0.35Cu0.33Zn0.15Al0.02Fe3+1.62)Σ4.91(As2.98Si0.01V0.01)Σ3.00O12. Khrenovite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 12.2394(7), b = 12.7967(5), c = 6.6589(4) Å, β = 112.953(7)°, V = 960.37(10) Å3 and Z = 4. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data with R1 = 0.0287. Khrenovite is isostructural with other alluaudite-group minerals. Its structural formula simplified to the species-defining constituents is A(1)NaA(2)’NaM(1)NaM(2)Fe3+2(TAsO4)3. The mineral is named in honour of the Russian volcanologist and geologist Anatoly Petrovich Khrenov (1946–2016).

Kaznakhtite, ideally Ni6Co3+2(CO3)(OH)16⋅4H2O, is a new member of the hydrotalcite group within the hydrotalcite supergroup. The mineral was discovered at the Kaznakhtinskiy ultrabasic massif, Altai Republic, SW Siberia, Russia. It occurs as powdery aggregates forming flattened lenses up to 1.5 × 0.5 cm and veinlets up to 1 cm long and up to 1 mm thick in aggregates of chrysotile, lizardite, stichtite and dolomite. Other associated minerals include brucite, chromite, heazlewoodite, manganochromite, magnetite and magnesioferrite. Kaznakhtite aggregates are composed of tiny platy grains up to 0.01 mm across. Kaznakhtite is light green and translucent in aggregates. It has an earthy lustre and white streak. Cleavage is micaceous on {001}. Dcalc = 2.864 g cm–3. The mineral is optically uniaxial (–) with ɛ = 1.657(3) and ω = 1.676(3), and weakly pleochroic in greenish hues, ω > ɛ. Chemical composition (wt.%, electron microprobe, Co valence state determined by XANES spectroscopy, CO2 and H2O calculated by stoichiometry) is: MgO 2.15, NiO 47.40, ZnO 0.22, Al2O3 0.16, Cr2O3 0.98, Co2O3 17.42, Cl 0.63, CO2 5.05, H2O 24.60, –O=Cl –0.14, total 98.47. The empirical formula calculated based on the sum of all metal cations = 8 apfu is (Ni5.54Mg0.47Zn0.02)Σ6.03(Co3+1.83Cr0.11Al0.03)Σ1.97C1.00O2.99(OH)15.84Cl0.16⋅4H2O. Infrared spectroscopy confirmed the presence of CO32– anions, OH– groups and H2O molecules. The crystal structure was refined by the Rietveld method with RB = 0.19%. Kaznakhtite is trigonal, space group R͞3m, a = 3.0515 (3), c = 23.180 (3) Å, V = 186.93 (4) Å3 and Z = 3/8. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 7.72 (100) (003); 3.863 (24) (006); 2.630 (4) (101); 2.576 (10) (012); 2.294 (6) (015); 1.950 (4) (018); 1.526 (4) (110); and 1.497 (4) (113). Kaznakhtite is a Co3+ analogue of reevesite, Ni6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16⋅4H2O. The mineral is named after its type locality.

Reznitskyite, ideally CaMg(VO4)F, is a new mineral species of the tilasite group from the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It occurs as zones (usually up to 0.05 mm thick) in crystals of V- and P-containing tilasite or as homogeneous grains up to 0.1 mm across. It was found in polymineralic sublimate encrustations in association with minerals of the svabite–fluorapatite–pliniusite system and the schäferite–berzeliite, tilasite–isokite, wagnerite–arsenowagnerite and udinaite–arsenudinaite series. The mineral assemblage also includes calciojohillerite, diopside, forsterite, titanite, rhabdoborite-(V), rhabdoborite-(W), rhabdoborite-(Mo), ludwigite, powellite, scheelite, hematite, baryte and magnesioferrite. Reznitskyite is transparent or semi-transparent, colourless, with vitreous lustre. Dcalc. = 3.453 g cm–3. Under the microscope, in reflected light reznitskyite is grey, non-pleochroic, with very weak bireflectance (ΔR589 nm = 0.5%) and distinct anisotropy. Reznitskyite is the first vanadate with a titanite-type structure. It is monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 6.6912(7), b = 8.9395(7), c = 7.0587(8) Å, β = 113.078(13)°, V = 388.43(8) Å3 and Z = 4. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d in Å(I)(hkl)]: 3.082(100)(200), 3.250(66)($\bar{1}$12, 002), 2.631(44)(022), 2.854(34)($\bar{2}$02), 2.683(33)(130), 3.686(26)(021), 2.531(25)(220), 1.749(25)($\bar{3}$32, $\bar{2}$04) and 2.344(24)(131). Electron microprobe analysis gave (wt.%) MgO 20.44, CaO 26.83, P2O5 6.24, V2O5 21.09, As2O5 18.97, SO3 0.47, F 9.42, –O=F –3.97, with a total of 99.49. The empirical formula of reznitskyite, calculated on the basis of O+F = 5 atoms per formula unit, is: Ca0.97Mg1.03(V0.47As0.33P0.18S0.01)Σ0.99O3.99F1.01. Reznitskyite is a vanadate analogue of tilasite CaMg(AsO4)F and isokite CaMg(PO4)F. The mineral is named in honour of the outstanding Russian mineralogist Leonid Zinovievich Reznitsky (born 1938) who has made significant contribution to the mineralogy of vanadium.

Kainite, KMg(SO4)Cl⋅2.75H2O, is one of the most common hydrated sulfate minerals, and it plays an important role as a source of potassium. However, its properties and structure have, to date, been insufficiently studied. In our present work, kainite was investigated using multiple techniques, including single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and infrared spectroscopy (IR). The mineral is monoclinic, C2/m, a = 19.6742(2), b = 16.18240(10), c = 9.49140(10) Å, β = 94.8840(10)°, V = 3010.86(5) Å3 and Z = 16. The structure was refined to R1 = 0.0230 for 3080 unique observed reflections with |Fo| ≥ 4σF. The complex hydrogen bonding system for kainite is described for the first time. The structure of kainite contains seven symmetrically independent sites occupied by water molecules, six of which are strongly bonded to Mg2+ cations while the seventh resides in the framework cavities. The acceptors of the hydrogen bonds are either chloride anions, neighbouring water molecules or oxygens atoms of sulfate groups. A bifurcated hydrogen bond was described for one of the water molecules. Based on the analysis of the crystal structure, we have confirmed and propose the correct formula for kainite as KMg(SO4)Cl⋅2.75H2O. The thermal studies of kainite in the temperature range of –150°C to +600°C indicate its stability to 190°C. The decomposition products are K2Mg2(SO4)3, KCl and K2SO4. The thermal expansion was calculated, which for kainite has a character typical for monoclinic crystals and similar to the compressibility tensor described earlier.

Calciolangbeinite, ideally K2Ca2(SO4)3, exists in two modifications, cubic and, first described in the present paper, orthorhombic. They are topologically-similar polymorphs which can be designated as calciolangbeinite-C and calciolangbeinite-O. Calciolangbeinite-O is the first natural orthorhombic langbeinite-like sulfate. It clearly differs from calciolangbeinite-C in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern, optical data and Raman spectrum. Calciolangbeinite-O is found in sublimates of the active Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Far Eastern Region, Russia and in pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex at Jabel Harmun, Judean Desert, Palestinian Autonomy and Har Parsa, Negev Desert, both in Israel. Calciolangbeinite-C is known only in fumarole sublimates at Tolbachik. Calciolangbeinite forms a continuous solid-solution system with langbeinite K2Mg2(SO4)3. The majority of the system is represented by cubic phases, and only members with compositions K2(Ca2.0–1.9Mg0.0–0.1)(SO4)3 have orthorhombic symmetry under room-temperature conditions. The crystal structure of calciolangbeinite-O was studied on a single crystal, chemically very close to K2Ca2(SO4)3, from Tolbachik (R1 = 2.75%). The unit-cell parameters are: a = 10.3330(2), b = 10.5027(2), c = 10.1763(2) Å, V = 1104.37(4) Å3 and Z = 4; space group is P212121. Calciolangbeinite-O is a low-temperature modification of K2Ca2(SO4)3 belonging to the K2Cd2(SO4)3 structure type whereas calciolangbeinite-C (space group P213), a high-temperature modification, has the langbeinite-type structure. The significant Mg admixture in calciolangbeinite-C from Tolbachik probably stabilises its cubic structure at room temperature. In both high-temperature fumaroles and pyrometamorphic rocks calciolangbeinite crystallises in the cubic modification, and during cooling its chemical variety close to the end-member K2Ca2(SO4)3 undergoes phase transition to calciolangbeinite-O, whereas the Mg-enriched varieties of the mineral remain calciolangbeinite-C.

The new alluaudite-group mineral paraberzeliite was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. In the deepest zone of Arsenatnaya, paraberzeliite (holotype) is associated with anhydrite, diopside, hematite, svabite, berzeliite, schäferite, calciojohillerite, magnesioferrite, ludwigite, fluorapatite, powellite, baryte, and rhabdoborite-group and aphthitalite-group members. In the middle zone of the fumarole, paraberzeliite occurs with hematite, calciojohillerite, badalovite, johillerite, nickenichite, tilasite, svabite, fluorophlogopite, sanidine, cassiterite, anhydrite, metathénardite and belomarinaite. Paraberzeliite forms prismatic crystals up to 0.2 mm × 0.2 mm × 1 mm often occurring in open-work aggregates. It is transparent, brown (from light to dark brown, sometimes with purple or red hue) or green (from pale greenish to yellow–green). The mineral is brittle, cleavage was not observed. The Mohs hardness is 3½. Dcalc is 3.811 g cm–3. Paraberzeliite is optically biaxial (+), α = 1.718(4), β = 1.728(4), γ = 1.742(4) and 2Vmeas. = 85(5)°. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe; holotype) is: Na2O 6.43, CaO 16.65, MgO 11.64, MnO 1.65, CuO 0.06, Fe2O3 2.45, V2O5 1.10, As2O5 59.46, total 99.44. The calculated empirical formula based on 12 O atoms per formula unit is (Na1.20Ca1.71Mg1.66Mn0.13Fe3+0.18)Σ4.88(As2.98V0.07)Σ3.05O12. Paraberzeliite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 12.3143(7), b = 13.0679(5), c = 6.7717(4) Å, β = 113.657(7)°, V = 998.14(10) Å3 and Z = 4. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R = 0.0349. Paraberzeliite is isostructural with other alluaudite-group minerals. Its simplified crystal chemical formula is A(1)CaA(2)'NaM(1)CaM(2)Mg2(TAsO4)3. The idealised formula is NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3, or, according to the actual nomenclature of alluaudite-group arsenates, NaCaCaMg2(AsO4)3. The name paraberzeliite reflects the dimorphism of this alluaudite-group mineral with the arsenate garnet berzeliite, ideally (Ca2Na)Mg2(AsO4)3.

The new sodalite-group mineral sapozhnikovite, ideally Na8(Al6Si6O24)(HS)2, was discovered in a hydrothermally altered urtite-like rock at Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The associated minerals are nepheline, aegirine, potassic feldspar, albite, kyanoxalite, natrolite, fluorapatite, fluorcaphite, lomonosovite (partially or completely altered to murmanite) and loparite-(Ce). Sapozhnikovite forms isolated colourless to pale greyish anhedral equant grains up to 5 mm across. The streak is white and the lustre is vitreous. Strong orange fluorescence under longwave UV radiation (λ = 330 nm) and weak yellow-orange fluorescence under shortwave UV radiation (λ = 245 nm) is observed. Sapozhnikovite is brittle, with a Mohs hardness of 5½. Cleavage is imperfect on (110). Density measured by flotation in heavy liquids is equal to 2.25(1) g⋅cm–3. The calculated density is 2.255 g⋅cm–3. Sapozhnikovite is characterised by infrared, Raman, electron spin resonance, NIR-Vis-UV absorption, and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The chemical composition is (wt.%, electron microprobe, H2O determined by gas chromatography of ignition products): Na2O 25.05, Al2O3 32.44, SiO2 37.58, HS 4.33, Cl 2.22, H2O 0.30, –O≡(Cl,HS) –1.55, total 100.37. The empirical formula is Na7.73Al6.08Si5.97O24(HS)1.25Cl0.60⋅0.16H2O. The crystal structure was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R1 = 1.62%. Sapozhnikovite is cubic, P$\bar{4}$3n, with a = 8.9146(1) Å, V = 708.45(2) Å3 and Z = 1. The new mineral is isostructural with sodalite. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 6.30 (37) (110), 3.638 (100) (211), 2.821 (14) (310), 2.572 (18) (222), 2.382 (16) (321) and 2.101 (29) (411). The mineral is named in honour of the Russian mineralogist and crystallographer Dr. Anatoly Nikolaevich Sapozhnikov (b. 1946).

The new wermlandite-group mineral erssonite, ideally CaMg7Fe3+2(OH)18(SO4)2⋅12H2O (or [Mg7Fe3+2(OH)18][Ca(SO4)2]⋅12H2O), was discovered in a late-stage, low-temperature assemblage in cavities of a magnetite-bearing dolomitic rock from the Långban deposit, Värmland county, Bergslagen ore province, Sweden. The associated minerals are dolomite, calcite, members of the magnetite–magnesioferrite solid-solution series, phlogopite, chrysotile, pyroaurite and norbergite. Erssonite has a vitreous lustre and forms colourless, platy hexagonal crystals flattened on [0001], up to 0.5 mm across and up to 10 μm thick, occurring mainly as aggregates in cavities of dolomitic rock. Erssonite is malleable; separate crystals are flexible and non-elastic, with a perfect, mica-like cleavage on {0001}. The calculated density is equal to 2.02 g⋅cm–3. Raman spectroscopy shows the presence of typical bands for S–O bonds attributed to intercalated SO42– anions and structural OH– anions together with the absence of C–O bonds, attributed to carbonate anions. The chemical composition is (wt.%, electron microprobe, H2O content is calculated from structure data): MgO 28.67, CaO 2.76, Al2O3 0.23, Cr2O3 0.23, Fe2O3 16.00, SiO2 0.48, SO3 14.80, H2O 35.58, total 98.75. The empirical formula based on 38 O atoms is H41.48Ca0.52Mg7.47Fe3+2.11Al0.05Cr0.03S1.94Si0.08O38. The ideal formula is CaMg7Fe3+2(OH)18(SO4)2⋅12H2O or {Mg7Fe3+2(OH)18}{[Ca(H2O)6](SO4)2(H2O)6}. The crystal structure was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R = 0.093. Erssonite is trigonal, P$\bar{3}$c1, with a = 9.3550(6), c = 22.5462(14) Å, V = 1708.8(2) Å3 and Z = 2. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %)(hkl)] are: 11.22 (90)(002), 5.63 (64)(004), 4.670 (100)(110, 104, 014), 2.626 (64)(032, 302), 2.435 (66)(034, 304) and 1.951 (45)(038, 308). The mineral is named in honour of the Swedish amateur mineralogist Dr. Anders Ersson (b. 1971).

Three new isostructural minerals, alexkuznetsovite-(La), ideally La2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7), alexkuznetsovite-(Ce) Ce2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7) and biraite-(La) La2Fe2+(CO3)(Si2O7), were discovered in polymineralic nodules from the Mochalin Log REE deposit, South Urals, Russia. The new minerals form anhedral grains up to 0.3 mm × 0.4 mm [alexkuznetsovite-(La)], 0.5 mm × 0.9 mm [alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)] and 0.2 mm × 1.2 mm [biraite-(La)] embedded in granular aggregates consisting of different REE minerals [allanite-(Ce)/-(La), bastnäsite-(Ce)/-(La), fluorbritholite-(Ce), perbøeite-(Ce)/-(La), percleveite-(Ce)/-(La) and törnebohmite-(Ce)/-(La)]. All three new species are brown to dark brown, translucent in thin fragments, with white streak, vitreous lustre and Mohs’ hardness of ~5. Dcalc = 4.713 [alexkuznetsovite-(La)], 4.687 [alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)] and 4.682 [biraite-La)] g⋅cm–3. Their empirical formulae, calculated on the basis of 2 Si and 10 O apfu, are: alexkuznetsovite-(La): (La0.98Ce0.89Nd0.10Pr0.05)Σ2.02Mn2+0.50Fe2+0.29Ca0.12Mg0.03(CO3)0.94(HCO3)0.06 (Si2O7); alexkuznetsovite-(Ce): (Ce0.96La0.78Nd0.16Pr0.07)Σ1.97Th0.01Mn2+0.50Fe2+0.33Ca0.14Mg0.02(CO3)0.93(HCO3)0.07(Si2O7); and biraite-(La): (La0.95Ce0.87Nd0.08Pr0.04)Σ1.94Th0.01Ca0.12Fe2+0.44Mn2+0.38Mg0.07(CO3)0.88(HCO3)0.12(Si2O7). The new minerals are monoclinic, P21/c and Z = 4. The unit-cell parameters of alexkuznetsovite-(La)/alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)/biraite-(La) are: a = 6.5642(3)/6.5764(4)/6.5660(10), b = 6.7689(3)/6.7685(4)/6.7666(11), c = 18.7213(10)/18.7493(15)/18.698(3) Å, β = 108.684(6)/108.672(8)/108.952(16)° and V = 788.00(7)/790.66(10)/785.7(2) Å3. The crystal structures are solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data; R = 0.0628 [alexkuznetsovite-(La)], 0.0589 [alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)] and 0.1193 [biraite-(La)]. A new biraite group is defined; it includes isostructural biraite-(Ce) and the three new minerals described herein. The rootname alexkuznetsovite is given in honour of the Russian mineral collector Alexey M. Kuznetsov (born 1962) who provided samples in which all three new minerals were found. The Levinson's suffix-modifier -(La) or -(Ce) indicates the predominance of La or Ce among REE in the mineral. Biraite-(La) is named as an analogue of biraite-(Ce) with La prevailing among REE.

The new beudantite-group mineral oberwolfachite, ideally SrFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6, was discovered in two localities: Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (holotype) and Monterniers mine, Lantignié, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (cotype). The associated minerals are quartz, baryte, hematite, illite, goethite, beudantite and dussertite (Clara) and arsenogoyazite, jarosite, graulichite-(Ce), goethite and hematite (Monterniers). Oberwolfachite forms yellow to brown platy crystals up to 1 mm across or thick outer zones of mixed (oberwolfachite–beudantite) crystals up to 3 mm across. The lustre is adamantine and the streak is yellow. A distinct cleavage on {0001} is observed. Calculated density is 3.874 g⋅cm–3. The infrared spectra are given. The chemical composition of the holotype/cotype samples are (wt.%, b.d.l. = below detection limit): K2O 1.25/1.86, SrO 6.41/11.15, BaO 8.13/0.45, PbO 2.18/b.d.l., Al2O3 0.16/0.23, Fe2O3 38.99/39.98, La2O3 1.68/not determined, Ce2O3 1.28/2.06, P2O5 0.12/b.d.l., As2O5 17.55/16.55, SO3 12.86/14.99, H2O (calculated) 8.72/9.05, total 99.33/96.62. The empirical formula of the holotype sample is (Sr0.38Ba0.33K0.16Pb0.06La0.06Ce0.05)Σ1.04(Fe3+3.03Al0.02)Σ3.05[(SO4)1.00(AsO4)0.95(PO4)0.01](O6.16H6.00). The crystal structures of both samples were determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R = 3.13% (holotype, 293 K) and 2.65% (cotype, 170 K). Oberwolfachite is trigonal, R${\bar 3}$m, with a = 7.3270(3) Å, c = 17.0931(9) Å and V = 794.70(8) Å3 (holotype), and a = 7.298(2) Å, c = 16.908(3) Å and V = 779.8(4) Å3 (cotype); Z = 3. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern of holotype [d, Å (I, %)(hkl)] are: 5.95 (56)(101), 3.664 (37)(110), 3.117 (16)(021), 3.082 (100)(113), 2.548 (15)(024), 2.280 (22)(107), 1.983 (26)(303) and 1.832 (19)(220).

The new mineral yurgensonite, ideally K2SnTiO2(AsO4)2, the first natural arsenate with species-defining tin, and the continuous isomorphous series between yurgensonite and katiarsite KTiO(AsO4) are described from sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Yurgensonite and a Sn-bearing variety of katiarsite are associated closely with one another and with badalovite, pansnerite, yurmarinite, achyrophanite, arsenatrotitanite, hatertite, khrenovite, svabite, sanidine, hematite, cassiterite, rutile and aphthitalite-group sulfates. Yurgensonite occurs as sword-shaped crystals up to 0.01 mm × 0.05 mm × 1 mm or acicular to hair-like individuals up to 1 mm long, typically forming radial aggregates up to 2 mm across. It is transparent, colourless, white or pale beige, with vitreous lustre. The mineral is brittle, cleavage was not observed. Dcalc is 3.877 g cm-3. Yurgensonite is optically biaxial (–), α = 1.764(6), β = 1.780(6), γ = 1.792(6) and 2Vmeas. is large. Chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe; holotype) is: Na2O 0.51, K2O 16.27, Rb2O 0.12, Al2O3 0.26, Fe2O3 4.33, SiO2 0.29, TiO2 10.17, SnO2 22.01, P2O5 0.14, V2O5 0.19, As2O5 40.20, Sb2O5 4.88, SO3 0.28, total 99.65. The empirical formula based on 10 O apfu is (K1.92Na0.09Rb0.01)Σ2.02(Sn0.81Ti0.71Fe3+0.30Sb5+0.17Al0.03)Σ2.02(As1.945Si0.03S0.02P0.01V0.01)Σ2.015O10. Yurgensonite is orthorhombic, Pna21, a = 13.2681(6), b = 6.6209(3), c = 10.8113(5) Å, V = 949.74(7) Å3 and Z = 4. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R = 5.02%. Yurgensonite belongs to the KTP-structure type. It is a Ti,Sn-ordered analogue of katiarsite. The structure contains chains of corner-linked alternating crystallographically non-equivalent octahedra M(1) and M(2). In yurgensonite, Sn4+ prevails in the M(2)O6 octahedron whereas the M(1) site is Ti4+-dominant. The new mineral is named in honour of the Russian mineralogist, geochemist and specialist in studies of ore deposits Professor Georgiy Aleksandrovich Yurgenson (born 1935).

The new alluaudite-group mineral calciojohillerite is one of the major arsenates in sublimates of the Arsenatnaya fumarole at the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. In middle zones of the fumarole, calciojohillerite is associated with hematite, tenorite, johillerite, nickenichite, bradaczekite, badalovite, tilasite, lammerite, ericlaxmanite, aphthitalite-group sulfates, langbeinite, calciolangbeinite, anhydrite, sanidine, fluorophlogopite, fluoborite, cassiterite, pseudobrookite, rutile, sylvite and halite. In deep zones it occurs in association with anhydrite, diopside, hematite, svabite, berzeliite, schäferite, forsterite, magnesioferrite, ludwigite, rhabdoborite-group fluoroborates, powellite, baryte, fluorapatite, udinaite, arsenudinaite and paraberzeliite. Calciojohillerite forms prismatic crystals up to 1 cm long, their aggregates and crystal crusts up to 0.5 m2. It is transparent, colourless, pale green, pale yellow, light blue, pale lilac or pink, with vitreous lustre. The mineral is brittle, with imperfect cleavage. The Mohs hardness is 3½. Dcalc is 3.915 g cm–3. Calciojohillerite is optically biaxial (–), α = 1.719(3), β = γ = 1.732(3); 2Vmeas. = 15(10)°. Chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe; holotype) is: Na2O 7.32, K2O 0.10, CaO 6.82, MgO 20.31, MnO 0.68, CuO 0.27, ZnO 0.02, Al2O3 0.56, Fe2O3 3.53, TiO2 0.01, SiO2 0.03, P2O5 1.25, V2O5 0.10, As2O5 58.77, SO3 0.13, total 99.90. The empirical formula based on 12 O atoms is (Na1.30K0.01Ca0.67Mg2.78Mn0.05Cu0.02Al0.06Fe3+0.24)Σ5.13(As2.83P0.10S0.01V0.01)Σ2.95O12. Calciojohillerite is monoclinic, C2/c, a = 11.8405(3), b = 12.7836(2), c = 6.69165(16) Å, β = 112.425(3)°, V = 936.29(4) Å3 and Z = 4. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R1 = 0.0227. Calciojohillerite is isostructural with other alluaudite-group minerals. Its simplified crystal chemical formula is A(1)CaA(1)′□A(2)□A(2)′NaM(1)MgM(2)Mg2(AsO4)3 (□ = vacancy). The idealised formula is NaCaMg3(AsO4)3, or, according to the nomenclature of alluaudite-group arsenates, NaCaMgMg2(AsO4)3. Calciojohillerite is named as an analogue of johillerite NaCu2+MgMg2(AsO4)3 with species-defining Ca instead of Cu in the ideal formula.

An unusual highly hydrated and Na-depleted variety of elpidite was identified in a hydrothermally altered peralkaline pegmatite at Mt. Yukspor in the Khibiny alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. It differs from ‘ordinary’ elpidite, ideally Na2ZrSi6O15⋅3H2O, in its crystal chemical features, infrared spectrum and optical characteristics. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron microprobe, H2O by TGA) is: Na2O 5.45, K2O 0.67, CaO 0.05, SiO2 60.32, TiO2 1.34, ZrO2 18.43, Nb2O5 0.65, H2O 12.80, total 99.71. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 6 Si and 15 O atoms is [(Na1.05K0.08Ca0.01)Σ1.14(H3O)0.74]Σ1.88(Zr0.89Ti0.10Nb0.03)Σ1.02Si6O15⋅3.47H2O; the H2O:H3O ratio was calculated from the charge balance requirement, taking into account the results of crystal structure refinement. The highly hydrated variety of elpidite is orthorhombic, Pma2, a = 14.5916(6), b = 7.3294(3), c = 7.1387(2) Å, V = 763.47(5) Å3 and Z = 2. The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, R1 = 3.43%. The structure is based upon an elpidite-type heteropolyhedral Zr–Si–O framework with Na+ and H3O+ cations and H2O molecules in the zeolitic channels. Hydronium cations substitute for water molecules in one of the extra-framework sites. This variety of elpidite could be considered as an intermediate product of natural ion-exchange reaction between ‘ordinary’ elpidite and a low-temperature hydrothermal fluid.