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Name: Schulenbergite RRUFF ID: R060992 Ideal Chemistry: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O Locality: Platosa mine, Bermejillo, Mapimi Municipality, Mexico Source: Peter Megaw [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Coating of blue-green thin, tabular hexagonal crystals associated with gypsum, linarite, and serpierite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Ktenasite (6) ] |
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REFERENCES for Schulenbergite | |
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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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von Hodenberg R, Krause W, Täuber H (1984) Schulenbergit, (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3H2O, ein neues Mineral, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1984, 17-24 |
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Dunn P J, Gobel V, Grice J D, Puziewicz J, Shigley J E, Vanko D A, Zilczer J (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 436-441 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 233-238 [view file] |
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Mumme W G, Sarp H, Chiappero P J (1994) A note on the crystal structure of schulenbergite, Archives des Sciences, Genève, 47, 117-124 |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 845-850 [view file] |
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Piilonen P C, Poirier G, Tait K T (2008) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 93, 1686-1691 [view file] |
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Ohnishi M, Shimobayashi N, Nishio-Hamane D, Shinoda K, Momma K, Ikeda T (2013) Minohlite, a new copper-zinc sulfate mineral from Minoh, Osaka, Japan, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 335-342 [view file] |
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