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Name: Alumohydrocalcite RRUFF ID: R070516 Ideal Chemistry: CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O Locality: Mount Hamiliton, Santa Clara County, California, USA Source: James Shigley [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radial aggregates of light pink fibers associated with green massive dolomite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Alumohydrocalcite (2) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Alumohydrocalcite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Alumohydrocalcite | |
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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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Bilibine G (1926) Alumohydrocalcite - a new species, Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva, 55, 243-258 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1928) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 13, 569-570 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1955) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 40, 551-554 [view file] |
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Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 209-217 [view file] |
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Kautz K (1969) Elektronenbeugung und Infrarot-Untersuchungen an Alumohydrocalcit, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1969, 130-137 |
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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Mandarino J A (1976) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 61, 338-341 [view file] |
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Paar W, Ruscha B S (1977) Ein Vorkommen von Alumohydrocalcit von Chitral, Westpakistan, and neue Beobachtungen an chromhaltigem Alumohydrocalcit von Nowej Rudy, Polen (= Neurode, Schlesien), Aufschluss, 28, 269-272 |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A, White J S (1978) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 63, 793-796 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Stachowicz M, Parafiniuk J, Wilson C, Coles S, Woźniak K (2015) Applications of Hirshfeld surfaces to mineralogy: An example of alumohydrocalcite, and the classification of the dundasite group minerals, American Mineralogist, 100, 110-119 |
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