Orpheite

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System:	Trigonal	Hardness:	3½
Name:	Named after Orpheus, the mythical singer in the Rhodopes Mountains
Synonym of:	Hinsdalite

Discredited, since identical to hinsdalite (Mladenova et al., 2010).

References for Orpheite
Reference List: - +	Kolkovski, B. (1971-1972): Ann.Univ.Sofia Fac.Biol.Géol.Géogr., 64, 107-130. American Mineralogist (1976): 61: 176. Cotterell, T. & P.K. Todhunter (2007): Corkite and hinsdalite from the Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales, including evidence to suggest that orpheite is a variety of hinsdalite. J. Russell Society 10, 57-64. V. Mladenova, U. Kolitsch, T. Kenkman, L. Hecht and R.-T. Schmitt (2010): Reinvestigation of the type material of orpheite: is it a valid mineral species? Poster, 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27; abstract in CD of Abstracts, p. 498.
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