New mineral names

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Other| November 01, 2005 New mineral names* Paula C. Piilonen; Paula C. Piilonen † 1Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn. D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada †E-mail: ppiilonen@mus-nature.ca Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Andrew Locock; Andrew Locock 2Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Edward S. Grew Edward S. Grew 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Paula C. Piilonen † 1Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn. D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada Andrew Locock 2Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada Edward S. Grew 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. †E-mail: ppiilonen@mus-nature.ca Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1945-3027 Print ISSN: 0003-004X © 2005 American Mineralogist American Mineralogist (2005) 90 (11-12): 1945–1952. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2005.450 Article history First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Paula C. Piilonen, Andrew Locock, Edward S. Grew; New mineral names. American Mineralogist 2005;; 90 (11-12): 1945–1952. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2005.450 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyAmerican Mineralogist Search Advanced Search A.M. McDonald, G.Y. Chao (2005) Bobtraillite, (Na,Ca)13Sr11 (Zr,Y,Nb)14Si42B6O132(OH)12·12H2O, a new mineral species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Description, structure determination and relationship to benitoite and wadeite. Can. Mineral., 43, 747–758. The mineral generally occurs as blocky to prismatic crystals, elongated along [001], up to 2 mm and averaging <0.5 mm in length. The crystals are brittle, H = 5.5, transparent, commonly gray to brown in color, with a white streak, vitreous luster, no observable cleavage, and uneven to conchoidal fracture. Bobtraillite is nonpleochroic, uniaxial positive, with... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.