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Chubutite

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Hardness:2½ - 3
Name:After the locality at Cerro de las Coronas, Chubut, Argentina.
Synonym of:Lorettoite
This page provides mineralogical data about Chubutite.

References for Chubutite

Reference List:

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Corti, H. (1918): Chubutite, a new lead mineral. Anales soc. quim. Argentina 6, 65-72.

Rimann, E. (1918): Chubutite and the significance of its halogen content. Anales. soc. quim. Argentina 6, 323-328. [suggests that chubutite could be identical to lorettoite]

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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: 56.

White, J. S. (1979): Lorettoite discredited and chubutite reviewed. Am. Mineral. 64, 1303-1305.

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