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Name: Chamosite RRUFF ID: R070728 Ideal Chemistry: (Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8 Locality: Mount Shasta, Michigamme, Michigan, USA Source: Michael Scott S103487 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark green pseudomorphs after almandine Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Groups: [ chlorite (7) ] [ Clay (86) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Chamosite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Chamosite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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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Berthier M P (1820) Sur la nature du minerai de fer magnétique de Chamoison (Valais), Annales des Mines, 5, 393-396 [view file] |
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Spencer L J (1938) Proceedings of societies, American Mineralogist, 23, 538-541 [view file] |
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von Engelhardt W (1942) Die strukturen von thuringit, bavalit und chamosit und ihre stellung in der chloritgruppe, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 104, 142-159 [view file] |
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Brindley G W (1951) The crystal structure of some chamosite minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 29, 502-523 [view file] |
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Brindley G W, Youell R F (1953) Ferrous chamosite and ferric chamosite, Mineralogical Magazine, 30, 57-70 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 848-852 [view file] |
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Zussman J (1987) Minerals and the electron microscope, Mineralogical Magazine, 51, 129-138 [view file] |
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Chauvel J J (1990) Chamosite and berthierine: is it possible to make clear the terminology?, Sediments, 13, 87-88 |
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Walker J R, Bish D L (1992) Application of Rietveld refinement techniques to a disordered IIb Mg-chamosite, Clays and Clay Minerals, 40, 319-322 [view file] |
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Ondru P, Veselovský F, Gabaová A, Hlouek J, rein V, Vavrín I, Skála R, Sejkora J, Drábek M (2003) Primary minerals of the Jáchymov ore district, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, 19-147 [view file] |
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Roth P (2007) Chamosite, in Minerals first discovered in Switzerland and minerals named after Swiss individuals Kristallografik Verlag Achberg Germany 52-53 |
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Tang D, Shi X, Jiang G, Zhou X, Shi Q (2017) Ferruginous seawater facilitates the transformation of glauconite to chamosite: An example from the Mesoproterozoic Xiamaling formation of North China, American Mineralogist, 102, 2317-2332 |
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Bobos I, Noronha F, Mateus A (2018) Fe-, Fe,Mn- and Fe,Mg-chlorite: a genetic linkage to W, (Cu,Mo) mineralization in the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Borralha, northern Portugal, Mineralogical Magazine, 82, S259-S279 |
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Luberda-Durnaś K, Szczerba M, Lempart M, Ciesielska Z, Derkowski A (2020) Layer stacking disorder in Mg-Fe chlorites based on powder X-ray diffraction data, American Mineralogist, 105, 353-362 [view file] |
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