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Millsite from
Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway


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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite

Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite

Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite

Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
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Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
Locality type:Glacial Erratic
Classification
Species:Millsite
Formula:Cu2+(Te4+O3) · 2H2O
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
CuO30.14 %
SeO20.78 %
TeO260.25 %
H2O calc13.79 %
Total:104.96 %
Empirical formulas:
1Cu0.99(Te0.98Se0.02)O3(H2O)2
Sample references:
1Holotype specimen BM 2011,243
Rumsey, Michael S., Welch, Mark D., Mo, Frode, Kleppe, Annette K., Spratt, John, Kampf, Anthony R., Raanes, Morten P. (2018) Millsite, CuTeO3·2H2O: a new polymorph of teineite from Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Norway. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (2). doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.057
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Teineite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Millsite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Millsite boulder, Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:961451
Long-form Identifier:1:3:961451:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Rumsey, Michael S., Welch, Mark D., Mo, Frode, Kleppe, Annette K., Spratt, John, Kampf, Anthony R., Raanes, Morten P. (2018) Millsite, CuTeO3·2H2O: a new polymorph of teineite from Gråurdfjellet, Oppdal, Norway. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (2). doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.057
Taagvold, Harald, Kristiansen, Roy (2019) Historien om millsitt [The history of millsite]. STEIN. Magasin for populærgeologi, 46 (1). 4-8
 
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