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|   | Name: Aleksite RRUFF ID: R070011 Ideal Chemistry: PbBi2Te2S2 Locality: Kochkar gold mine, Cheljabinsk district, southern Urals, Russia Source: Michael Scott S105102 [view label] Owner: Michael Scott Description: Silver to gray grain embedded in epoxy Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis | |
| Mineral Group: [ Tetradymite (8) ] | ||
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| REFERENCES for Aleksite | |
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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] | |
| Lipovetskii A G, Borodaev Y S, Zav´yalov E N (1978) Aleksite, PbBi2Te2S2, a new mineral, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 107, issue 3 315-321 [view file] | |
| Fleischer M, Mandarino J A, Chao G Y (1979) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 64, 652-659 [view file] | |
| Cook N J, Ciobanu C L, Stanley C J, Paar W H, Sunblad K (2007) Compositional data for BiPb tellurosulfides, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 417-435 [view file] | |
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