Munakataite R150128



Name: Munakataite
RRUFF ID: R150128
Ideal Chemistry: Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4
Locality: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Source: Shields Flynn
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sprays of pale blue acicular crystals, associated with mimetite, smithsonite and quartz
Status: unconfirmed
Mineral Group: [ Linarite (8) ]
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REFERENCES for Munakataite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Matsubara S, Mouri T, Miyawaki R, Yokoyama K, Nakahara M (2008) Munakataite, a new mineral from the Kato mine, Fukuoka, Japan, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 327-332   [view file]

Ercit T S, Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2009) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 94, 1075-1083   [view file]

Kampf A R, Mills S J, Housley R M (2010) The crystal structure of munakataite, Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, from Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 74, 991-998   [view file]

Marty J, Kampf A R, Housley R M, Mills S J, Weiβ S (2010) Seltene neue Tellurmineralien aus Kalifornien, Utah, Arizona und New Mexico (USA), Lapis, 35, 42-51; 66

Flynn S, Barton I F, Feinglos M (2016) Munakataite, Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, and other selenium minerals from Tsumeb, Nambia, Rocks and Minerals, 91, 548-551