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Gunterite from
West Sunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gunterite
Formula:Na4Ca(V10O28) · 20H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gunterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Sunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972751:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gunterite
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘSunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘBurro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
References
Kampf, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Marty, J., Nash, B. (2011) Gunterite, Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28)·6H2O, a new mineral species with a doubly-protonated decavanadate polyanion: crystal structure and descriptive mineralogy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (5) 1243-1251 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.5.1243
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2011) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2011. CNMNC Newsletter No 9. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (4) 2535-2540 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.4.2535
 
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