The IMA has a lot to answer for. They periodically change the rules. Then change them back. Then change them again, etc. If bindheimite is in fact, a valid species, then (in my limited understanding), the name maybe should have stayed put. The approach to naming oxyplumboanythingite, and any other groups where these types of "rules" apply, sometimes leaves pre-existing names, and only uses the new nomenclature for newly described minerals. Except when it doesn't! And then of course, the earliest name should apply (again, sometimes!) where there are more than one, so it could (should?) be bleinierite?
The Black Pine Mine outside of Philipsburg certainly is a mineralogists' dream locale, isn't it? I see so many rare and exotic specimens listed here and elsewhere as coming from Black Pine. And it's a beautiful part of Montana to visit, as well.
For sure, it's one of my favorites, I've got hundreds of specimens (food for future posts!) although most of them are micros. https://www.mindat.org/loc-3875.html
The IMA has a lot to answer for. They periodically change the rules. Then change them back. Then change them again, etc. If bindheimite is in fact, a valid species, then (in my limited understanding), the name maybe should have stayed put. The approach to naming oxyplumboanythingite, and any other groups where these types of "rules" apply, sometimes leaves pre-existing names, and only uses the new nomenclature for newly described minerals. Except when it doesn't! And then of course, the earliest name should apply (again, sometimes!) where there are more than one, so it could (should?) be bleinierite?
Love the history and language lessons woven into your posts!
The Black Pine Mine outside of Philipsburg certainly is a mineralogists' dream locale, isn't it? I see so many rare and exotic specimens listed here and elsewhere as coming from Black Pine. And it's a beautiful part of Montana to visit, as well.
For sure, it's one of my favorites, I've got hundreds of specimens (food for future posts!) although most of them are micros. https://www.mindat.org/loc-3875.html