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Name: Faustite RRUFF ID: R060891 Ideal Chemistry: ZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O Locality: Bingham Copper mine, Salt Lake County, Utah Source: Michael Scott S101025 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Aggregate of pale green spheres Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
| Mineral Group: [ turquoise (9) ] | ||
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| REFERENCES for Faustite | |
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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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Erd R C, Foster M D, Proctor P D (1953) Faustite, a new mineral, the zinc analogue of turquois, American Mineralogist, 38, 964-972 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file] |
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Kolitsch U, Giester G (2000) The crystal structure of faustite and its copper analogue turquoise, Mineralogical Magazine, 64, 905-913 [view file] |
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Rossi M, Rizzi R, Vergara A, Capitelli F, Altomare A, Bellatreccia F, Saviano M, Ghiara R M (2017) Compositional variation of turquoise-group minerals from the historical collection of the Real Museo Mineralogico of the University of Naples, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1405-1429 |
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