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Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
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Formula:
Hg
2+
3
(CrO
 
4
)S
 
2
System:MonoclinicColour:Canary yellow to ...
Name:
To honor Edward H. Oyler (1915– ), American mineral collector specializing in mercury minerals.
This page provides mineralogical data about Edoylerite.

Classification of Edoylerite

IMA status:Approved 1987
Strunz 8th edition ID:6/F.02-05
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:7.FB.25

7 : SULFATES (selenates, tellurates, chromates, molybdates, wolframates)
F : Chromates
B : With additional O,V, S, Cl
Dana 7th edition ID:35.4.4.1
Dana 8th edition ID:35.4.4.1

35 : ANHYDROUS CHROMATES
4 : Miscellaneous
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Type Occurrence of Edoylerite

Type Locality:Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
Year of Discovery:1987

Physical Properties of Edoylerite

Colour:Canary yellow to orangish yellow.

Crystallography of Edoylerite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 7.52Å, b = 14.81Å, c = 7.44Å
β = 118.72°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.508 : 1 : 0.502
Unit Cell Volume:V 726.67 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Edoylerite

Formula:
Hg
2+
3
(CrO
 
4
)S
 
2
Essential elements:Cr, Hg, O, S
All elements listed in formula:Cr, Hg, O, S

Relationship of Edoylerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
7.FB.05Phoenicochroite
Pb
 
2
(CrO
 
4
)O
7.FB.10Santanaite
Pb
 
11
(CrO
 
4
)O
 
12
7.FB.15Wattersite
(Hg
+
2
)
 
2
Hg
2+
 
(CrO
 
4
)O
 
2
7.FB.20Deanesmithite
(Hg
+
2
)Hg
2+
3
(CrO
 
4
)S
 
2
O

Other Names for Edoylerite

Synonyms:
IMA1987-006IMA1987-008
Other Languages:
German:Edoylerit
Russian:Эдойлерит
Spanish:Edoylerita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Edoylerite

Reference List:

- +
New Minerals (1997), New Minerals 1990-1994.

Mineralogical Record: 24: 471-475.

Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 113-118.

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      • San Benito Co.
        • Diablo Range
          • New Idria District
            • Picacho Peak
    		Mineralogical Record (1993): 24(6): 471-480; Dunning, Hadley, Cooper, Magnasco collections
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