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Birchite, a new mineral from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia: description and structure refinement

Date

Authors

Elliott, Peter

Brugger, Joel

Pring, Allan

Cole, Marcus L

Willis, Anthony

Kolitsch, Uwe

Publisher

Mineralogical Society of America

Abstract

The new mineral species birchite, idealized formula Cd2Cu2(PO4)2 (SO4)-5H2O, Occurs on specimens from the Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, as sprays and aggregates of crystals to 0.75 mm across on a host rock composed of quartz,

Keywords

Keywords: birchite; crystal structure; electron probe analysis; empirical analysis; host rock; new mineral; orientation; pleochroism; secondary mineral; supergene process; X-ray diffraction; Australasia; Australia; Broken Hill; New South Wales Birchite; Broken Hill; Cadmium oxysalt; Crystal structure; New mineral species; New South Wales; Phosphate; Sulfate

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51299

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

American Mineralogist

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.2138/am.2008.2732

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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