Locality type:

City

Classification

Species:

Taranakite

Formula:

(K,NH₄)Al₃(PO₄)₃(OH) · 9H₂O

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Misserghin, Boutlélis District, Oran Province, Algeria

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

490198

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:490198:3

GUID (UUID V4):

90e0d0fd-d138-45f9-9e7f-54849882d435

References

A. Carnot, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1895, vol. 121, p. 153

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: 1000.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Bannister, F. A., Hutchinson, G. E. (1947) The identity of minervite and palmerite with taranakite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 28 (196) 31-35 doi:10.1180/minmag.1947.028.196.07	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Casoria a who described the mineral in 1904, and taranakite from the Sugarloaves, near New Plymouth, Taranaki...New Zealand. A specimen labelled minervite from Oran proved to be whitloekite fl-Caa(P04) 2 and is the...22.29 17.88 18.59 2.15 1"507 / (F.A.B.) I. Taranakite, Sugarloaves, Taranaki, New Zealand. Also Na20...quantities of other u n d e t e c t e d minerals. Taranakite, however, a p p a r e n t l y possesses only...lines observed on X-ray powder photographs of taranakite, B.M. 1936,51, taken with filtered copper radiation
	Spencer, L. J., Bannister, F. A., Hey, M. H., Bennett, Hilda (1943) Minyulite (hydrous K-Al fluophosphate) from South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 26 (181) 309-314 doi:10.1180/minmag.1943.026.181.01	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	~L. Jo SPENCER AN]) OTHERS ON MINYULITE III. Taranakite, Sugarloaves, Moturoa, New Plymouth, Taranaki...traces. V. Minervite, Tour-Com.bes grotto, Misserghin, Oran, Algeria. A. Carnot, Compt. Rend. Acad, Sci. Paris
	*Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy* (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872**	Book (edition)
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Taranakite from Misserghin, Boutlélis District, Oran Province, Algeria

Taranakite from
Misserghin, Boutlélis District, Oran Province, Algeria