Wesselsite, SrCu[Si4O10], a further new gillespite-group mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 795-798

  Giester, G ^a   Rieck, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Effenbergerite; Gillespite group; Kalahari Manganese Field; New mineral; South Africa; Strontium copper silicate; Wesselsite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EFFENBERGERITE; GILLESPITE GROUP; NEW MINERAL; STRONTIUM COPPER SILICATE; WESSELSITE;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, KALAHARI MANGANESE FIELD;

EID: 0030430759     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.402.09     Document Type: Article

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