Paraspurrite

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North of Darwin, Darwin, Darwin District, Inyo Co., California, USA
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System:	Monoclinic	Colour:	colourless
Name:	For the relation to spurrite.
Synonym of:	Spurrite

Discredited in 2009 (IMA 09-B) after it was recognised as a polysynthetically microtwinned spurrite.

References for Paraspurrite
Reference List: - +	Colville, A.A. & P.A. Colville (1977): Paraspurrite, a new polymorph of spurrite from Inyo County, California. American Mineralogist 62, 1003-1005. Grice, J., Adams, P.M., Rowe, R. (2010): Discreditation of paraspurrite. American Mineralogist, 95, 876-879 (discreditation).
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(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.


USA
California Inyo Co. Darwin District	Colville, A.A. & P.A. Colville (1977), Paraspurrite, a new polymorph of spurrite from Inyo County, California: American Mineralogist: 62: 1003-1005; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 478; www.mineralsocal.org.
Darwin North of Darwin (TL)	[Nickel & Nichols, 1991, p160 - "Mineral Reference Manual"]; Am Min (1962) 47:1003-1005

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