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Polychrom

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"Polychrom" was used by Hausmann 1813 as a generic term for pyromorphite and mimetite.


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6104
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mindat:1:1:6104:5

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0020247PyromorphiteOkudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-15792013Daoping mine, Guangxi, China0293
0020246PyromorphiteOkudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-15792013Daoping mine, Guangxi, China0293
0020251MimetiteOkudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-15792013Pingtouling mine, Guangdong, China0293
0020250MimetiteOkudera H (2013) Relationships among channel typology and atomic displacements in the structures of Pb5(BO4)3Cl with B = P (pyromorphite), V (vanadinite), and As (mimetite) American Mineralogist 98 1573-15792013Pingtouling mine, Guangdong, China0293
0020825PyromorphiteMills S J, Ferraris G, Kampf A R, Favreau G (2012) Twinning in pyromorphite: The first documented occurrence of twinning by merohedry in the apatite supergroup American Mineralogist 97 415-4182012Puech de Compolibat, Combret, Aveyron0293
0005265MimetiteYongshan D, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl The Canadian Mineralogist 29 369-3761991Johanngeorgenstat, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany0293
0005264MimetiteYongshan D, Hughes J M, Moore P B (1991) The crystal structures of mimetite and clinomimetite, Pb5(AsO4)3Cl The Canadian Mineralogist 29 369-3761991Durango, Mexico0293
0013571PyromorphiteMiyake M, Ishigaki K, Suzuki T (1986) Structure refinements of Pb2+ ion-exchanged apatites by X-ray powder pattern-fitting Journal of Solid State Chemistry 61 230-2351986synthetic0293
0013570PyromorphiteMiyake M, Ishigaki K, Suzuki T (1986) Structure refinements of Pb2+ ion-exchanged apatites by X-ray powder pattern-fitting Journal of Solid State Chemistry 61 230-2351986synthetic0293
0020489MimetiteSokolova E V, Egorov-Tismenko Y K (1982) Study of crystalline structures of rare arsentates: duftite and mimetite Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Geologiya 37 50-561982Cassiterite-sulfide field, Festivalnyi, East Siberia, Russia0293
0005226PyromorphiteDai Y S, Hughes J M (1989) Crystal-structure refinements of vanadinite and pyromorphite The Canadian Mineralogist 27 189-19219890293
0018026PyromorphiteHendricks S, Jefferson M, Mosley V (1932) The crystal structures of some natural and synthetic apatite-like substances _cod_database_code 1011137 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 81 352-36919320293
0017912MimetiteHendricks S, Jefferson M, Mosley V (1932) The Crystal Structures of Some Natural and Synthetic Apatite-Like Substances _cod_database_code 1010997 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 81 352-36919320293
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