New Mineral Names

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Other| October 01, 2008 New Mineral Names* Paula C. Piilonen; Paula C. Piilonen † 1Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada †E-mail: ppiilonen@mus-nature.ca Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Glenn Poirier; Glenn Poirier 1Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Kimberly T. Tait Kimberly T. Tait 2Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Paula C. Piilonen † 1Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada Glenn Poirier 1Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada Kimberly T. Tait 2Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada †E-mail: ppiilonen@mus-nature.ca Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1945-3027 Print ISSN: 0003-004X © 2008 American Mineralogist American Mineralogist (2008) 93 (10): 1686–1691. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2008.527 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, Glenn Poirier, Kimberly T. Tait; New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist 2008;; 93 (10): 1686–1691. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2008.527 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 J.L. Jambor, A.C. Roberts, L.A. Groat, C.J. Stanley, A.J. Criddle, and M.N. Feinglos (2007) Calvertite, Cu5Ge0.5S4 , a new mineral species from Tsumeb, Namibia. Can. Mineral., 45, 1519–1523. Calvertite was discovered during the examination of another new mineral (gallobeaudanite) from the Tsumeb mine. The un-oxidized portions of the sample in which calvertite was found consist mainly of calvertite and reinerite with minor tennantite and gallite inclusions. Calvertite occurs in a granular texture formed by a network of chalcocite veins. The calvertite grains are anhedral, elongate to elliptical with the largest grains up to 100 μm... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.