Ilirneyite is a rare

tellurate In chemistry tellurate is a compound containing an oxyanion of tellurium where tellurium has an oxidation number of +6. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a polyatomic anion with a central tellurium atom.

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 (russian: Илирнейский кряж) 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 centr ...

, 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 with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy use ...

-analogue of zemannite. It is also a

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc 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 periodi ...

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-analogue of keystoneite and kinichilite.

External links

* Ilirneyite on Mindat:

References

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