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Name: Sieleckiite RRUFF ID: R080035 Ideal Chemistry: Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2O Locality: Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Source: Michael Scott S102696 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregates of royal blue smooth spheres associated with colorless variscite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Sieleckiite | |
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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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Birch W D, Pring A (1988) Sieleckiite, a new copper aluminium phosphate from Mt Oxide, Queensland, Australia, Mineralogical Magazine, 52, 515-518 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Burke E A J (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 1399-1404 [view file] |
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Elliott P (2017) Refinement of the crystal structure of sieleckiite and revision of its symmetry, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 917-922 [view file] |
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