Ilirneyite is a rare tellurite mineral with the formula Mg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3]•4.5H2O. It was discovered at the Sentyabr'skoe deposit (of silver and gold) in the Ilirney Range, 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-analogue of zemannite. It is also a zinc- and manganese-analogue of keystoneite and kinichilite.
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