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Name: Hellyerite RRUFF ID: R061050 Ideal Chemistry: Ni(CO3)·6H2O Locality: Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania, Australia Source: Michael Scott S102799 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Apple green colored, lamellar, fragmented crystals, amorphous, apparently dehydrated Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Hellyerite | |
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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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Fleischer M (1959) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 44, 1102-1104 [view file] |
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Williams K L, Threadgold I M, Hounslow A W (1959) Hellyerite, a new nickel carbonate from Heazlewood, Tazmania, American Mineralogist, 44, 533-538 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1960) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 45, 753-756 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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Minkova N, Krusteva M, Nikolov G (1984) Spectroscopic study of nickel hydroxyde, nickel carbonate-hexahydrate and nickel hydrocarbonate, Journal of Molecular Structure, 115, 23-26 |
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