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Name: Vanalite RRUFF ID: R061117 Ideal Chemistry: NaAl8V10O38·30H2O Locality: Kurumsak deposit, Karatau, south Kazakhstan Source: Michael Scott S105126 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Yellow fragments embedded in epoxy Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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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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Ankinovick E A (1962) A new vanadium mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 91, issue 3 307-314 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1178-1184 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 36, 131-136 [view file] |
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Kurmakaeva F A (1971) Study of vanalite by electron microscopy and X-ray structural analysis, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 100, issue 4 523-526 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 594-598 [view file] |
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