| Locality type: | Pit |
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| Species: | Metatamboite |
| Formula: | Fe33+(OH)(H2O)2(SO4)(Te4+O3)3(Te4+O(OH)2)(H2O) |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Metatamboite 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: | 1016546 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1016546:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8fa8ac4a-6d85-487c-8305-82114da5ecd8 |
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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, POSSIBLY INVOLVING...Canada ABSTRACT Tamboite (x ¼ 3; y ¼ 2) and metatamboite (x ¼ 3; y ¼ 0), Fe3þ3(SO4)(Te4þO3)3(Te4þO(O...new tellurite minerals from the Tambo mine, Coquimbo Province, Chile. The two minerals transform to each...compact aggregate of silicified tuff. Tamboite and metatamboite are optically biaxial, and their calculated...for tamboite and 4.053 g/cm3 for metatamboite. Tamboite and metatamboite are monoclinic, space group P21/c |
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