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Name: Zaratite RRUFF ID: R050268 Ideal Chemistry: Ni3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O Locality: Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania, Australia Source: Marcus Origlieri Owner: RRUFF Description: Green amorphous crust, intimately associated with nepouite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Amorphous (18) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R050268.1 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Powder | ||||||
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REFERENCES for Zaratite | |
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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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Martinez Alcibar A (1850) Raro é importante mineral de niquel, Revista Minera, 1, 302-306 [view file] |
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Smith J L, Brush G J (1853) Reexamination of American minerals: Part II. Chesterlite; Loxoclase; Danbury feldspars; Haddam albite; Greenwood mica; Biotite; Margarodite; Chesterlite talc; Rhodophyllite; Cummingtonite; Hydrous Anthophyllite; Monrolite; Ozarkite; Dysyntribite; Gibbsite; Emerald nickel, American Journal of Science and Arts, 16, 41-53 [view file] |
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Petterd W F (1894) A catalogue of the minerals known to occur in Tasmania, with notes on their distribution, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1893, 1984, 1-72 [view file] |
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Fenoglio M (1934) Sulla struttura cristallina della zaratite, Periodico di Mineralogia, 5, 33-36 [view file] |
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Isaacs T (1963) The mineralogy and chemistry of nickel carbonates, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 663-678 [view file] |
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Garcia-Guinea J, Iglesia A L, Crespo-Feo E, González del Tánago J, Correcher V (2013) The status of zaratite: investigation of the type specimen from Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain, European Journal of Mineralogy, 25, 995-1004 [view file] |
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