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Heterosite-Purpurite Series

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Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
© 2007 Peter Cristofono

System:Orthorhombic
Series Formula:
(Fe
3+
 
,Mn
3+
 
)[PO
 
4
]
-
(Mn
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)[PO
 
4
]
A series between Heterosite and Purpurite

The species of this series are secondary minerals formed by oxidation of Triphylite and Lithiophilite through the intermediate stage of Ferrisicklerite and Sicklerite.

Classification of Heterosite-Purpurite Series

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Crystallography of Heterosite-Purpurite Series

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Other Information

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References for Heterosite-Purpurite Series

Reference List:Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1911), Notes on purpurite and heterosite: USGS Bull. 490: 79.

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.: 675-677.

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    Localities for Heterosite-Purpurite Series

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    Namibia
     
    • Erongo Region
      • Karibib District
        • Okatjimukuju farm (Friedrichsfelde farm)
    		P. Keller and O. von Knorring, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1989, 1, pp. 567-593.
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Larimer Co.
        • Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District)
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Wisconsin
      • Florence Co.
        • Fern
    		Rocks & Minerals 63:455; Rocks and Minerals 63:455
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