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Name: Arsendescloizite RRUFF ID: R060947 Ideal Chemistry: PbZn(AsO4)(OH) Locality: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Source: Bob Jenkins [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Green mammillary aggregates associated with yellow and colorless mimetite and calcite Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Adelite (19) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Arsendescloizite samples (2) ] |
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REFERENCES for Arsendescloizite | |
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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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Keller P, Dunn P J (1982) Arsendescloizite a new mineral from Tsumeb, The Mineralogical Record, 13, 155-157 [view file] |
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Fleischer M, Pabst A (1983) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 68, 280-283 [view file] |
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Keller P, Lissner F, Schleid T (2003) The crystal structure of arsendescloizite PbZn(OH)[AsO4], from Tsumeb (Namibia), Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 2003, 374-384 |
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