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|   |   | Name: Sofiite RRUFF ID: R070045 Ideal Chemistry: Zn2(Se4+O3)Cl2 Locality: Great Tolbachik Eruption (1975-6), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105063 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White or colorless thin psuedohexagonal plates, co-type material Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. | 
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| REFERENCES for Sofiite | |
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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] | |
| Vergasova L P, Filatov S K, Semenova T F, Filosofova T M (1989) Sofiite Zn2(SeO3)Cl2 - a new mineral from volcanic sublimates, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 118, issue 1 65-69 [view file] | |
| Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1990) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 75, 1209-1216 [view file] | |
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