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Friday 16 May 2014

Unique Crystals - Putnisite - Western Australia

Unique Crystals - Putnisite - Western Australia

Unique Crystals: Newfound Mineral Is Like No Other
Apr 28, 2014 02:00 PM ET // by Jeanna Bryner, DiscoveryNews
http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/unique-crystals-newfound-mineral-is-like-no-other-140428.htm

Unique Crystals: Newfound Purple-Pink Mineral Is
Like No Other, Livescience, April 28, 2014.
http://www.livescience.com/45175-unique-putnisite-mineral-discovered.html

The paper is:

Elliott, P., G. Giester, R. Rowe, and A. Pring, 2014,
Putnisite, SrCa4Formula (CO3)8SO4(OH)16·25H2O,
a new mineral from Western Australia: description
and crystal structure Mineralogical Magazine.
vol. 78, pp. 131-144, doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.1.10
http://minmag.geoscienceworld.org/content/78/1/131.abstract?sid=97893031-5041-4b8e-a0d1-d8a7753bae1a

Yours,

Paul H.