Hydrokenoelsmoreite
| Hydrokenoelsmoreite | ||
|---|---|---|
Mohs scale hardness 3 | | |
| Luster | Adamantine | |
| Streak | White | |
| References | [2][3][4] | |
Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a hydrous
index of refraction
of n = 2.24.
It forms from the
oxidation of ferberite within granitic pegmatite dykes and in pegmatitic greisen veins. It has a structure based on a defect pyrochlore lattice
(A2B2O6O’).
It was first described for an occurrence in Elsmore Hill, New South Wales, Australia from where it takes its name.
References
- S2CID 235729616.
- ^ Mineralienatlas
- ^ Mindat
- ^ Webmineral data
- Williams, P.A., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J.L., Colchester, D.M. (2005): Elsmoreite, cubic WO3•0.5H2O, a new mineral species from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia. Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1061-1064
- American Mineralogist, volume 91, pages 216–224, 2006.
- Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Christy, A. G., Gieré, R., & Kartashov, P. M. (2010). The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48(3), 673–698.doi: 10.3749/canmin.48.3.673[dead link]