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Edgarbaileyite R060500



Name: Edgarbaileyite
RRUFF ID: R060500
Ideal Chemistry: Hg1+6Si2O7
Locality: Clear Creek claim, southern San Benito County, California, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100156 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Green-yellow crust associated with quartz, cinnabar and red prismatic montroydite, R070235
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Edgarbaileyite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Angel R J, Cressey G, Criddle A (1990) Edgarbaileyite, Hg6Si2O7: The crystal structure of the first mercury silicate, American Mineralogist, 75, 1192-1196   [view file]

Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1431-1437   [view file]

Roberts A C, Bonardi M, Erd R C, Criddle A J, Stanley C J, Cressey G, Angel R J, Laflamme J H G (1990) Edgarbaileyite the first known silicate of mercury, from California and Texas, The Mineralogical Record, 21, 215-220   [view file]