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Name: Bokite RRUFF ID: R060590 Ideal Chemistry: (Al,Fe)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.5H2O Locality: Monument #2 mine, Apache County, Arizona, USA Source: Michael Scott S100790 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black platy grains in radiating reniform crusts associated with quartz Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
| Mineral Group: [ Straczekite (5) ] | ||
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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] |
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Ankinovich E A (1963) A new vanadium mineral, bokite, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 92, issue 1 51-59 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1178-1184 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Evans H T, Hughes J M (1990) Crystal chemistry of the natural vanadium bronzes, American Mineralogist, 75, 508-521 [view file] |
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