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Name: Ecdemite RRUFF ID: R060738 Ideal Chemistry: Pb6As3+2O7Cl4 Locality: Laurium, Greece Source: Michael Scott S101198 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored spherical aggregates Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Ecdemite | |
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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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Nordenskiõld A E (1877) Nya mineralier från Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 376-384 [view file] |
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Sillen L G, Melander L (1941) X-ray studies on the oxihalide minerals nadorite (ochrolite) PbSbO2Cl and ekdemite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 103, 420-430 [view file] |
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Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden, Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi, 4, 499-541 |
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Perchiazzi N, Hålenius U, Vignola P, Demitri N (2019) Crystal-chemical study of ecdemite from Harstigen, a new natural member of the layered lead oxyhalides group, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 609-617 [view file] |
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Perchiazzi N, HÃ¥lenius U, Demitri N, Vignola P (2020) Heliophyllite: a discredited mineral species identical to ecdemite, European Journal of Mineralogy, 32, 265-273 [view file] |
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