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Cryophyllite

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Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
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Discredited by the IMA Mica subcommittee (1998). Synonym for Zinnwaldite, Fe-bearing trilithionite, or Fe-bearing polylithionite.

Classification of Cryophyllite

IMA status:Discredited 1998
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Other Names for Cryophyllite

Other Languages:
German:Kryophyllit
Simplified Chinese:绿鳞云母

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 Cryophyllite

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Canadian Mineralogist 36, 905 (1998)

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    China
     
    • Hunan Province
      • Chenzhou Prefecture
        • Yizhang Co.
          • Dongpo ore field
    		Shimou Chen, Hongchang Li, Ciguo Xie, and Shangjing Ai (1981): Geology and Prospecting 17(10), 15-21
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    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Tuva Republic
    		Bailey, J. C: Formation of cryolite and other aluminofluorides: A petrologic review. Bull. geol. Soc. Denmark, vol. 29, pp. 1-45. Copenhagen, June 10th, 1980.
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    • Massachusetts
      • Essex Co.
        • Gloucester
    		P. Cristofono collection 2011
    Parsons, J.: On Cryophyllite. Am. Jour. Sci. (2), xliii, 217. (1867); Sears, J. H.(1905): The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of Essex County.
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