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Kerstenite

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El Dragón mine, Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
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System:OrthorhombicLustre:Vitreous
Hardness:3½
Name:For K. M. Kersten (1803-1850), Professor of Chemistry, Freiberg School of Mines.
Synonym of:Molybdomenite


Discredited 2007. See Molybdomenite.
Originally reported from Friedrichsglück Mine, Hildburghausen, Suhl, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany.

References for Kerstenite

Reference List:Kersten (1839) Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig: 46: 277 (as Selenichtsaures Bleioxyd).

Dana, J.D. (1868) System of Mineralogy, 5th. Edition, New York. (aided by G.J. Brush): 669.

Adam, M. (1869) Tableau minéralogique, Paris: 52 (as Glasbachit).

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.: 640.

European Journal of Mineralogy (1994): 6: 337.

Burke, Ernest A.J. (2007) A Mass Discreditation of GQN Minerals. Canadian Mineralogist: 44(6): 1557-1560.

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    Localities for Kerstenite

    (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.
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Quijarro Province
    		[MinRec 21:133]
    France
     
    • Auvergne
      • Puy-de-Dôme
        • Saint-Amant-Tallende
          • Olloix
    		H. Agrinier and J. Geffroy : "Les Minéraux Séléniés du Point Uranifère de Liauzun-en-Olloix (Puy de Dôme) : Clausthalite, Sélénium Natif, Sélénite de Plomb et Chalcoménite", Bull. Soc. Fr. Minéral. Cristallogr., 1967, XC, N°3, 383-386
    Germany
     
    • Thuringia
      • Thuringian Forest
        • Suhl
          • Hildburghausen
    		Dana's System of Mineralogy 7:II:640.
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