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Malhmoodite R060462

Name: Malhmoodite
RRUFF ID: R060462
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺Zr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O
Locality: Union Carbide Vanadium mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
Source: Michael Scott S100114 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: White to cream spherical aggregates of acicular crystals associated with colorless albite, dark green aegirine, octahedral pyrochlore, and yellowish titanite.
Status: The identification of this mineral has been determined only by Raman spectroscopy

Mineral Group: [ Malhmoodite (3) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R060462

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Malhmoodite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
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]
Milton C, McGee J J, Evans H T (1993) Mahlmoodite, FeZr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O, a new iron zirconium phosphate mineral from Wilson Springs, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 78, 437-440 [view file]
Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) A second occurrence of malhmoodite, from Cornwall, England, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 166-168 [view file]
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]
Yang H, Gu X, Loomis T, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2022) The crystal structure of malhmoodite from Custer, South Dakota, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 485-492 [view file]

REFERENCES for Malhmoodite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Milton C, McGee J J, Evans H T (1993) Mahlmoodite, FeZr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O, a new iron zirconium phosphate mineral from Wilson Springs, Arkansas, American Mineralogist, 78, 437-440 [view file]

Elton N J, Hooper J J (1995) A second occurrence of malhmoodite, from Cornwall, England, Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 166-168 [view file]

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]

Yang H, Gu X, Loomis T, Gibbs R B, Downs R T (2022) The crystal structure of malhmoodite from Custer, South Dakota, USA, The Canadian Mineralogist, 60, 485-492 [view file]