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Delorenzite is tanteuxenite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

J. R. Butler  and
P. G. Embrey
J. R. Butler
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London
P. G. Embrey
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural history)
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Summary

Specimens of delorenzite from the type locality, Craveggia, Val Vigezzo, Piemont, have been examined and found to be close to tanteuxenite from Australia. The X-ray powder patterns are virtually the same, and the chemical analyses (including the relative abundances of the rare earths) are closely similar.

Zambonini's original (1908) specimens have not been re-examined, but are without reasonable doubt the same as the specimens now described; the considerable discrepancies between the old and new analyses can be explained by the difficulty of the separations. It is suggested that the name delorenzite be abandoned despite its priority because of its association with an incorrect analysis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 247 , December 1959 , pp. 308 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © 1959, The Mineralogical Society

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