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Name: Preisingerite RRUFF ID: R060803 Ideal Chemistry: Bi3O(AsO4)2(OH) Locality: Josef mine, Moldava, Czech. Republic Source: Michael Scott S100110 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Group of tan colored spheres Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
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REFERENCES for Preisingerite | |
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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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Bedlivy D, Mereiter K (1982) Preisingerite, Bi3O(OH)(AsO4)2, a new species from San Juan Province, Argentina: its description and crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 67, 833-840 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Burns R G, Cabri L J, Francis C A, Pabst A (1982) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 67, 413-418 [view file] |
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Krause W, Belendorff K, Bernhardt H J (1993) Petitjeanite, Bi3O(OH)(PO4)2, a new mineral, and additional data for the corresponding arsenate and vanadate, preisingerite and schumacherite, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1993, 487-503 |
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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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