Locality type: | Pit |
Classification |
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Species: | Tamboite |
Formula: | Fe33+(OH)(H2O)2(SO4)(Te4+O3)3(Te4+O(OH)2)(H2O)3 |
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Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tamboite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Wendy pit, Tambo Mine, Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1016545 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1016545:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 6afe9c06-5148-4430-8493-1f10c42f3d6f |
References |
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Cooper, M. A., Hawthorne, F. C., Abdu, Y. A., Walford, P. C., & Back, M. E. (2019). Relative humidity as a driver of structural change in three new ferric-sulfate-tellurite hydrates: New minerals tamboite and metatamboite, and a lower-hydrate derivative, possibly involving direct uptake of atmospheric {H2O} 4 clusters. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57(5), 605-635. |
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| Cooper, Mark A., Hawthorne, Frank C., Abdu, Yassir A., Walford, Phillip C., Back, Malcolm E. (2019) Relative humidity as a driver of structural change in three new ferric-sulfate-tellurite hydrates: New minerals tamboite and metatamboite, and a lower-hydrate derivative, possibly involving direct uptake of atmospheric {H2O}4 clusters. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 605-635 doi:10.3749/canmin.1900001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | FERRIC-SULFATE-TELLURITE HYDRATES: NEW MINERALS TAMBOITE AND METATAMBOITE, AND A LOWER-HYDRATE DERIVATIVE...Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada ABSTRACT Tamboite (x ¼ 3; y ¼ 2) and metatamboite (x ¼ 3; y ¼ 0)...new tellurite minerals from the Tambo mine, Coquimbo Province, Chile. The two minerals transform to each...surface of a compact aggregate of silicified tuff. Tamboite and metatamboite are optically biaxial, and their...densities are 3.648 g/cm3 for tamboite and 4.053 g/cm3 for metatamboite. Tamboite and metatamboite are monoclinic |
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