Locality type:

Pegmatite

Classification

Species:

'Hydrokenomicrolite-3R' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

◻₂Ta₂[O,(OH)]₆(H₂O)

Comments:

First described as parabariomicrolite (Ercit et al., 1986). Discredited by IMA in 2016 and showed to be identical to hydrokenomicrolite-3R (Atencio, 2016).

Confirmation

Validity:

Valid - Type Locality

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

980915

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:980915:4

GUID (UUID V4):

d5434fef-a57e-4f6a-ae84-c8764b78ebc9

References

Ercit, T. S., Hawthorne, F. C., Černý, P. (1986) Parabariomicrolite, a new species, and its structural relationship to the pyrochlore group. The Canadian Mineralogist, 24 (4) 655-663

Atencio, Daniel (2016) Parabariomicrolite discredited as identical to hydrokenomicrolite-3R. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (5) 923-924 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.129

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Atencio, Daniel (2016) Parabariomicrolite discredited as identical to hydrokenomicrolite-3R. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (5) 923-924 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.129*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Parabariomicrolite discredited as identical to hydrokenomicrolite-3R DANIEL ATENCIO Instituto de Geociências...Geociências - Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562–05508-080 - São Paulo - SP – Brasil [Received 20 April...identical to hydrokenomicrolite-3R. There are now two type localities: Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador Co., Rio...Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil and Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. K E Y WO R D...D S : parabariomicrolite, hydrokenomicrolite-3R. MILLS ET AL. (2016) described hydrokenoelsmoreite-3C

Hydrokenomicrolite-3R from Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Hydrokenomicrolite-3R from
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil