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Name: Yanomamite RRUFF ID: R060537 Ideal Chemistry: In(AsO4)·2H2O Locality: Periquito mine, Monte Alegre de Goias, Goias, Brazil Source: Michael Scott S100011 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Tan colored microscopic crystalline druse Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Yanomamite | |
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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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Botelho N F, Roger G, d'Yvoire F, Moëlo Y, Volfinger M (1994) Yanomamite, InAsO4·2H2O, a new indium mineral from topaz-bearing greisen in the Goiás Tin Province, Brazil, European Journal of Mineralogy, 6, 245-254 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 184-188 [view file] |
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Tang X, Gentiletti M J, Abdessadek L (2001) Synthesis and crystal structure of indium arsenate and phosphate dihydrates with variscite and metavariscite structure types, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 31, 45-50 |
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Moura M A, Botelho N F, Carvalho de Mendonça F (2007) The indium-rich sulfides and rare arsenates of the SnIn-mineralized Mangabeira A-type granite, central Brazil, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 485-496 [view file] |
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