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Mineral contains: colinowensite
Belakovskiy D I, Cámara F, Gagné O C (2016) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 101, 2355-2360
Chen Y, Zhang Y, Feng S (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis and properties of pigments Chinese purple BaCuSi2O6 and dark blue BaCu2Si2O7. Dyes and Pigments 105, 167-173
Finger L W, Hazen R M, Hemley R J (1989) BaCuSi2O6: A new cyclosilicate with four-membered tetrahedral rings. American Mineralogist 74, 952-955
Rieck B, Pristacz H, Giester G (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi2O6, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite SrCuSi4O10. Mineralogical Magazine 79, 1769-1778
Sparta K M, Roth G (2004) Reinvestigation of the structure of BaCuSi2O6 - evidence for a phase transition at high temperature. Acta Crystallographica B60, 491-495
Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 15. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012 and 2013. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 1-12
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