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Austinite

austinite

CaZnAsO4(OH)

Austinite - DEN11-391 - Ojuela Mine - Mexico Mineral Specimen

Austinite - DEN11-391 - Ojuela Mine - Mexico Mineral Specimen — via www.irocks.com · Source

Overview

Austinite is a member of the adelite-descloizite group, adelite subgroup, the zinc (Zn) end member of the copper-Zn series with conichalcite. It is the zinc analogue of cobaltaustinite and nickelaustinite. At one time “brickerite” was thought to be a different species, but it is now considered to be identical to austinite. Austinite is named in honour of Austin Flint Rogers (1877–1957), American mineralogist from Stanford University, California, US.

Scientific references

  1. Austinite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q408114 Link
  2. Austinite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austinite Link