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Hellyerite R061050



Name: Hellyerite
RRUFF ID: R061050
Ideal Chemistry: Ni(CO3)·6H2O
Locality: Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania, Australia
Source: Michael Scott S102799 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Apple green colored, lamellar, fragmented crystals, amorphous, apparently dehydrated
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R061050
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 20% of 150mW
REFERENCES for Hellyerite

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]

Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 1102-1104   [view file]

Williams K L, Threadgold I M, Hounslow A W (1959) Hellyerite, a new nickel carbonate from Heazlewood, Tazmania, American Mineralogist, 44, 533-538   [view file]

Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 753-756   [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263   [view file]

Minkova N, Krusteva M, Nikolov G (1984) Spectroscopic study of nickel hydroxyde, nickel carbonate-hexahydrate and nickel hydrocarbonate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 115, 23-26