Ilirneyite is a rare

tellurite Tellurite is a oxyanion of tellurium with the formula . It is the ion of tellurous acid, and is chemically related to tellurium dioxide (), whose mineral appearance also bears the name tellurite. Tellurites are typically colorless or white salt ...

mineral with the formula Mg_0.5 nMn³⁺(TeO₃)₃��4.5H₂O. It was discovered at the Sentyabr'skoe deposit (of silver and gold) in the

Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range () is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the central area of the range. Bilibino is loca ...

, Western Chukotka, Russia.Pekov, I.V., Siidra, O.I., Vlasov, E.A.,Yapaskurt, V.O., Lukina, E.A., Polekhovsky, Y.S., and Apletalin, A.V., 2015. Ilirneyite, IMA2015-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 27, October 2015, 1225; Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1229–1236

Relation to other minerals

Ilirneyite is a trivalent-

manganese Manganese is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese was first isolated in the 1770s. It is a transition m ...

-analogue of zemannite. It is also a

zinc Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodic tabl ...

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-analogue of keystoneite and kinichilite.

External links

* Ilirneyite on Mindat:

References

Tellurite minerals Magnesium minerals Zinc minerals Manganese(III) minerals Hexagonal minerals Minerals in space group 176 Minerals described in 2018 {{mineral-stub