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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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REFERENCES for Edgarbaileyite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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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] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1431-1437 [view file] |
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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] |
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