Glushinskite R060318



Name: Glushinskite
RRUFF ID: R060318
Ideal Chemistry: Mg(C2O4)·2H2O
Locality: Route 238, 25 miles west of Maricopa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100313 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless granular spherical aggregate
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Groups: [ Humboldtine (3) ] [ Oxalate (13) ]
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060318
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Glushinskite

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Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 1482-1485   [view file]

Hey M H (1967) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136   [view file]

Wilson M J, Jones D, Russell J D (1980) Glushinskite, a naturally occurring magnesium oxalate, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 837-840   [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A (1981) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 66, 436-439   [view file]

Bayliss P (1987) Mineralogical notes: mineral nomenclature: imogolite, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 327-327   [view file]

Wilson M J, Bayliss P (1987) Mineralogical notes: mineral nomenclature: glushinskite, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 327-328   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Burke E A J, Ercit T S, Grew E S, Grice J D, Jambor J L, Puziewicz J, Roberts A C, Vanko D A (1988) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 73, 189-199   [view file]

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Piro O E, Baran E J (2018) Crystal chemistry of organic minerals-salts of organic acids: the synthetic approach, Crystallography Reviews, 24, 149-175