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Salmonsite

Name:After Frank A. Salmon, formerly of Pala, California, USA.


A discredited material.

Classification of Salmonsite

Explanation of status:Discredited - see Moore & Ito (1978).
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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 Salmonsite

Reference List:Schaller (1912) Journal of the Washington Academy of Science: 2: 143.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 730-731.

Moore, P.B. & Ito, J. (1978): I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. I. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited. Mineralogical Magazine, 42, 309-323.

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    Localities for Salmonsite

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      • San Diego Co.
        • Pala District
          • Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen)
    		Moore, Paul B. & J. Ito (1978): I. Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. I. New data on xanthoxenite. III. Salmonsite discredited. Min. Magazine 42: 309-323
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