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Huemulite R170005


Name: Huemulite
RRUFF ID: R170005
Ideal Chemistry: Na4MgV5+10O28·24H2O
Locality: Burro Mine, West Workings, Slick Rock District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Source: Bob Jenkins
Owner: RRUFF
Description:
Status: unconfirmed
Mineral Group: [ Pascoite (5) ]
REFERENCES for Huemulite

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]

Gordillo C E, Linares E, Toubes R O, Winchell H (1966) Huemulite, Na4MgV10O28·24H2O, a new hydrous sodium a magnesium vanadate from Huemul mine, Mendoza province, Argentina, American Mineralogist, 51, 1-13   [view file]

Fleischer M (1969) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 54, 326-330   [view file]

Frost R L, Erickson K L, Weier M L (2004) Hydrogen bonding in selected vanadates: a Raman and infrared spectroscopy study, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 60, 2419

Colombo F, Baggio R, Kampf A R (2011) The crystal structure of the elusive huemulite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 849-864   [view file]

Hawthorne F C, Hughes J M, Cooper M A, Kampf A R (2022) Bonding between the decavanadate polyanion and the interstitial complex in pascoite-family minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 341-359