Osakaite, Zn4SO4 (OH)6·5H2O, a new mineral species from the Hirao mine, Osaka, Japan

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1511-1517

  Ohnishi, Masayuki ^a   Kusachi, Isao ^b   Kobayashi, Shoichi ^c  

^a Masutomi Geology Museum   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic zinc sulfate; Hirao mine; Japan; Namuwite; Osaka; Osakaite

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SHALE; VICKERS HARDNESS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BASIC ZINC SULFATE; NAMUWITE; OSAKAITE;

MINERALOGY;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MOHS SCALE; NEW MINERAL; OSAKAITE; SPHALERITE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI]; OSAKA [OSAKA (PRF)];

EID: 39649117121     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.45.6.1511     Document Type: Article

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