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|   | Name: Buseckite RRUFF ID: R130007 Ideal Chemistry: (Fe,Zn,Mn)S Locality: Zakłodzie meteorite, Zakłodzie, Poland Source: Chi Ma Owner: Chi Ma Description: Black grains associated with enstatite, plagioclase, quartz, and tridymite. Data from Ma et al (2012) Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by electron back-scatter diffraction and chemical analysis | |
| Mineral Group: [ Wurtzite (20) ] | ||
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| REFERENCES for Buseckite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 11. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2887-2893 [view file] | |
| Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1226-1233 [view file] | |
| Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Discovery of buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral in Zaklodzie, an ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite, Lunar and Planetary Science, 43, 1520-1520 [view file] | |
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