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Name: Xanthoxenite RRUFF ID: R050234 Ideal Chemistry: Ca4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O Locality: Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Pale-yellow massive Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
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RRUFF ID: | R050234.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Xanthoxenite | |
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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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Laubmann H, Steinmetz H (1920) Phosphatführende Pegmatite des Oberpfälzer und Bayerischen Waldes, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie, 55, 523-586 [view file] |
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Wherry E T, Gordon S G, Foshag W F (1921) New minerals, American Mineralogist, 6, 63-68 [view file] |
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Frondel C (1949) Wolfeite, xanthoxenite, and whitlockite from the Palermo mine, New Hampshire, American Mineralogist, 34, 692-705 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Ito J (1978) I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited, Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Pabst A (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 464-467 [view file] |
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