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Name: Boukaite RRUFF ID: R220022 Ideal Chemistry: (MoO2)2O(SO3OH)2(H2O)2·2H2O Locality: Cooke's Peak, Cookes Range, Luna County, New Mexico, USA Source: Jim McGlasson Owner: RRUFF Description: Sprays of, or scattered, tapered acicular white crystals, associated with sidwillite (R210025), gypsum, raydemarkite, and zhenruite (R220021) Status: unconfirmed |
Mineral Group: [ Bouskaite (2) ] |
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Miyawaki R, Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 47. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2018 and 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 143-147 [view file] |
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Sejkora J, Grey I E, Kampf A R, Pláil J, kácha P (2019) Bouaite, a new molybdenyl-hydrogensulfate mineral, (MoO2)2O(SO3OH)2(H2O)2·2H2O, from the Lill mine, Příbram ore area, Czech Republic, Journal of Geosciences, 64, 197-205 [view file] |
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