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Name: Glaucocerinite RRUFF ID: R060831 Ideal Chemistry: (Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2) Locality: Laurion, Greece Source: Michael Scott S101197 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Light blue botryoidal crusts Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Groups: [ Woodwardite (5) ] [ Hydrotalcite (22) ] |
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REFERENCES for Glaucocerinite | |
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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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Dittler E, Koechlin R (1932) Über Glaukokerinit, ein neues Mineral von Laurion, Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 1, 13-17 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1932) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 17, 495-496 [view file] |
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Foshag W F (1934) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 19, 555-556 [view file] |
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Raade G, Elliott C J, Din V K (1985) New data on glaucocerinite, Mineralogical Magazine, 49, 583-590 [view file] |
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Hawthorne F C, Jambor J L, Bladh K W, Burke E A J, Grice J D, Phillips D, Roberts A C, Schedler R A, Shigley J E (1987) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 72, 1023-1028 [view file] |
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Mills S J, Christy A G, Génin J -M R, Kameda T, Colombo F (2012) Nomenclature of the hydrotalcite supergroup: natural layered double hydroxides, Mineralogical Magazine, 76, 1289-1336 [view file] |
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