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Canutite

Canutite is a new IMA approved mineral from 2013 and is named in honour of one of Chile's most respected mining engineers, Claudio Canut de Bon Urrutia. Dr. Canut is currently a professor of Geology and Mineralogy at La Serena University 350 miles north of Santiago.
The mineral falls within the Alluaudite Group and is a Sodium-Manganese Arsenate. Canutite is reddish brown or nut brown, monoclinic, and forms tight radial balls and single tabular crystals flattened on {102}. It is associated pink Magnesiokoritnigite, and Lavendulan.
For more information please read IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 1 8 NEW MINERALS APPROVED IN 2013. The mineral was discovered by Maurizio Dini and investigated/published by the following authors: Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Frédéric Hatert, Barbara P. Nash, Maurizio Dini, and Arturo A. Molina Donoso - the paper forthcoming.
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Canutite from Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile

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Canutite is a new IMA approved mineral from 2013 and is named in honour of one of Chile's most respected mining engineers, Claudio Canut de Bon Urrutia. Dr. Canut is currently a professor of Geology and Mineralogy at La Serena University 350 miles north of Santiago.
The mineral fall within the Alluaudite Group and is a Sodium-Manganese Arsenate. Canutite is reddish brown or nut brown, monoclinic, and forms tight radial balls and single tabular crystals flattened on {102}. This specimen is absolutely loaded with elongated and tabular crystals some are very well defined and some are clusters. It is associated with Halite, pink Magnesiokoritnigite, and Lavendulan, which are all found on this specimen.
For more information please read IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 1 8 NEW MINERALS APPROVED IN 2013. The mineral was discovered by Maurizio Dini and studied by the following authors: Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, Frédéric Hatert, Barbara P. Nash, Maurizio Dini, and Arturo A. Molina Donoso - the paper forthcoming.