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Mineral contains: Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist 48, 673-698
Günter J R, Amberg M, Schmalle H (1989) Direct synthesis and single crystal structure determination of cubic pyrochlore-type tungsten trioxide hemihydrate, WO3·0.5H2O. Materials Research Bulletin 24, 289-292
Locock A J, Piilonen P C, Ercit T S, Rowe R (2006) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 91, 216-224
Mills S J, Christy A G, Rumsey M S, Spratt J (2016) The crystal chemistry of elsmoreite from the Hemerdon (Drakelands) mine, UK: hydrokenoelsmoreite-3C and hydrokenoelsmoreite-6R. Mineralogical Magazine 80, 1195-1203
Shimobayashi N, Ohnishi M, Tsuruta K (2012) Secondary tungsten minerals in quartz veins in the Ishidera area, Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan: anthoinite, mpororoite, and Fe-free hydrokenoelsmoreite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 107, 33-38
Williams P A, Leverett P, Sharpe J L, Colchester D M, Rankin J (2005) Elsmoreite, cubic WO3·0.5H2O, a new mineral species from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia. The Canadian Mineralogist 43, 1061-1064