The paper describes 13 minerals found for the first time at the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit (North Urals) in 2021–2026 and their main characteristics including chemical composition, X-ray diffraction data and optical properties. Brusnitsynite is a new mineral species. Bernarlottiite, montpelvouxite and hyršlite are found for the first time in Russia.
Keywords: Vorontsovskoe deposit, North Urals, mineral catalogue, first finds in Russia.
Acknowledgements. We are grateful to A.A. Gottman, a chief geologist of the Urals branch of Polymetal OJSC, for the information about the mining at the deposit. We also thank I.V. Pekov for constructive comments that improved the manuscript.
Conflict of interest. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Author contribution. A.V. Kasatkin – conceptualization, physical and optical properties, chemical (SEM-EDS) and X-ray analyses, writing of the manuscript; M.V. Tsyganko – fieldworks, writing of the manuscript; R. Škoda – electron microprobe analysis (WDS) and Raman spectroscopy; J. Plášil – single-crystal X-Ray diffraction; M.D. Milshina – preparation of figures, writing of the manuscript. All the authors approved the final version of the manuscript prior to publication.
For citation: Kasatkin A.V., Tsyganko M.V., Škoda R., Plášil J., Milshina M.D. Additions to the mineral catalogue of the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit (North Urals). Mineralogy, 12(3), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545X-2026-12-3-2.

Received 17.06.2026, revised 17.07.2026, accepted 22.07.2026

Anatoly V. Kasatkin – Leading Researcher, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS, Moscow, Russia; anatoly.kasatkin@gmail.com.
Mikhail V. Tsyganko – Director, Mineralogical Museum “Shtufnoi Kabinet”, Severouralsk, Sverdlovsk region, Russia; zigankom@mail.ru
Radek Škoda – Doctor Sci., Associate Professor, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; rskoda@sci.muni.cz
Jakub Plášil – Doctor Sci., Senior Researcher, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; plasil@fzu.cz
Maria D. Milshina – mineral photographer, collector, Moscow, Russia, narrata@mail.ru.

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