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Buseckite R130007

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Name: Buseckite
RRUFF ID: R130007
Ideal Chemistry: (Fe,Zn,Mn)S
Locality: Zakłodzie meteorite, Zakłodzie, Poland
Source: Chi Ma
Owner: Chi Ma
Description: Black grains associated with enstatite, plagioclase, quartz, and tridymite. Data from Ma et al (2012)
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by electron back-scatter diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Wurtzite (20) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R130007.2
Sample Description: Polished microprobe sample
Measured Chemistry: (Fe0.46Zn0.32Mn0.16Mg0.04)Σ=0.99S1.01
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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REFERENCES for Buseckite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2011) IMA Commission on new minerals, nomenclature and classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 11. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011, Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2887-2893   [view file]

Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral from the Zaklodzie meteorite, American Mineralogist, 97, 1226-1233   [view file]

Ma C, Beckett J R, Rossman G R (2012) Discovery of buseckite, (Fe,Zn,Mn)S, a new mineral in Zaklodzie, an ungrouped enstatite-rich achondrite, Lunar and Planetary Science, 43, 1520-1520   [view file]