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X-ray study of woodruffite from Sandur ore deposits, Mysore State, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

C. Naganna
Affiliation:
Department of Petrography, Charles University, Prague1
Vl. Bouška
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, Charles University, Prague

Summary

The mineral woodruffite, which has so far been reported from only one locality, Sterling Hill, New Jersey, has been found to occur in the Sandur area. Its physical and chemical characters are given. Indexing of the X-ray powder photograph shows that the mineral is most probably tetragonal with a 8·42, c 9·28 Å.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1963, The Mineralogical Society

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