Houghite

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Somerville, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
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Name:	For Franklin B. Hough (1822-1885), American physician, scientist, historian, statistician, and pioneer of forestry.

A variety of Hydrotalcite

A variety of hydrotalcite derived from the alteration of spinel.

Classification of Houghite
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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 Houghite
Reference List: - +	Shepard (1851), American Journal of Science: 12: 210. Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 654.
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Localities for Houghite
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USA
New York Jefferson Co.	Ford, 1932. Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy, 4th ed.
St. Lawrence Co.	Ford, 1932. Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy, 4th ed.

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