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Name: Malhmoodite RRUFF ID: R060462 Ideal Chemistry: Fe2+Zr(PO4)2·4H2O Locality: Union Carbide Vanadium mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA Source: Michael Scott S100114 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: White to cream spherical aggregates of acicular crystals associated with colorless albite, dark green aegirine, octahedral pyrochlore, and yellowish titanite. Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy |
Mineral Group: [ Malhmoodite (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Malhmoodite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Malhmoodite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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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Milton C, McGee J J, Evans H T (1993) Mahlmoodite, FeZr(PO4)2·4H2O, a new iron zirconium phosphate mineral from Wilson Springs, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 78, 437-440 [view file] |
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Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) A second occurrence of malhmoodite, from Cornwall, England, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 166-168 [view file] |
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Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802 [view file] |
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Yang H, Gu X, Loomis T, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2022) The crystal structure of malhmoodite from Custer, South Dakota, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 485-492 [view file] |
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