| Locality type: | Mining District |
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| Species: | Melkovite |
| Formula: | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| Comments: | The EMPA analysis given for the mineral described by Birch et al. (2002) as "mendozavilite" from the Fitzgerald River district corresponds to melkovite, according to the new nomenclature of the Betpakdalite Supergroup (Kampf et al. 2012). In composition it is relatively close to the hypotetical member of mendozavilite group (not described), mendozavilite-NaCa. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melkovite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fitzgerald River District, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 955488 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:955488:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 933b4ca9-eec8-4cf6-8e96-057a5af2a04d |
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Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Rumsey, M. S., Dini, M., Birch, W. D., Spratt, J., Pluth, J. J., Steele, I. M., Jenkins, R. A., Pinch, W. W. (2012) The heteropolymolybdate family: structural relations, nomenclature scheme and new species. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1175-1207 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.09 |
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 | Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Rumsey, M. S., Dini, M., Birch, W. D., Spratt, J., Pluth, J. J., Steele, I. M., Jenkins, R. A., Pinch, W. W. (2012) The heteropolymolybdate family: structural relations, nomenclature scheme and new species. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1175-1207 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.09 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia Earth Sciences Department, Natural History Museum...molybdophosphates mendozavilite, paramendozavilite and melkovite, and similar material from other sources, have...found that natrobetpakdalite, mendozavilite and melkovite are isostructural with betpakdalite and that obradovicite...complete the species name. The historical name melkovite is retained rather than introducing mendozavilite-CaCa...crystal structure, new mineral, betpakdalite, melkovite, mendoza- vilite, obradovicite, paramendozavilite |
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