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Salmoite

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Colour:Colourless
Name:After the locality, the Hudson Bay Mine, Salmo, British Columbia, Canada.


An ill-defined substance found with Spencerite and Hopeite. Probable a basic zinc phosphate.

Classification of Salmoite

IMA status:Not Approved
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Physical Properties of Salmoite

Colour:Colourless
Cleavage:None Observed

Crystallography of Salmoite

Morphology:Crystals lens-shaped, also as grains.

Other Information

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 Salmoite

Reference List:

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Phillips (1916) American Journal of Science: 42: 275.

Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 135.

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.: 933.

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    		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: 933.
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