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|   |   | Name: Tochilinite RRUFF ID: R060887 Ideal Chemistry: 6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2] Locality: Cornwall, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Black elongated prismatic crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Tochilinite (1) ] | ||
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| REFERENCES for Tochilinite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| 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] | |
| Organova N I, Genkin A D, Drits V A, Molotkov S P, Kuz'mina O V, Dmitrik A L (1971) Tochilinite, a new sulfide-hydroxide of iron and magnesium, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 100, issue 4 477-487 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 1552-1561 [view file] | |
| Organova N I, Drits V A, Dmitrik A L (1973) Structural study of tochilinite. Part I. The isometric variety, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 17, 667-671 [view file] | |
| Organova N I, Drits V A, Dmitrik A L (1974) Structural study of tochilinite. II. Acicular variety. Unusual diffraction patterns, Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 18, 606-609 [view file] | |
| Zolensky M E, Mackinnon I D R (1986) Microstructures of cylindrical tochilinites, American Mineralogist, 71, 1201-1209 [view file] | |
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