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Mineral contains: Prosopite
Hongu H, Yoshiasa A, Teshima A, Isobe H, Sugiyama K, Arima H, Nakatsuka A, Momma K, Miyawaki R (2018) Crystal structure refinement and chemical formula of prosopite, CaAl2F4[(OH)4-xFx] x = 0.0-1.0. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 113, 152-158
Pudovkina Z V, Chernitsova N M, Pyatenko Y A (1973) Refinement of the crystalline structure of prosopite, CaAl2F4(OH)4. Journal of Structural Chemistry 14, 345-347
Pudovkina Z V, Pyatenko Y A (1970) About the structure of the prosopite, Ca[Al2F4(OH)4], and about some features of the fluoroaluminate crystal chemistry. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 190, 665-667
Scheerer T (1853) Ueber Pseudomorphosen, nebst Beiträgen zur Charakteristik eineger Arten derselben. Annalen der Physik und Chemie 90, 315-323