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| Name: | In allusion to its resemblance to turkey fat by colour and botryoidal form. | ||
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| A variety of Smithsonite A botryoidal variety of smithsonite usually coloured bright yellow by included greenockite. The Cd content may not be necessary for the material at hand to be termed "Turkey-Fat Ore." | |||
Classification of Turkey-Fat Ore | |
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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 Turkey-Fat Ore | |
| Reference List: | Sterrett (1908) USGS Mineral Resources: 2: 805. Schaller and Fairchild (1938) American Mineralogist: 23: 894. 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: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 179. Richardson, P.J., Falster, A.U., and Simmons, W.B. (1996) Smithsonite from the Rush Creek Zinc District, Marion County, Arkansas. [abstr.] in Twenty-second Rochester Mineralogical Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy: Rocks and Minerals 71 (3): 200. |
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