Dundasite

Dundasite

Dundasite

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Dundasite is a rare lead aluminium carbonate mineral. The mineral is named after the type locality, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.[2] The mineral was first discovered in the Adelaide Proprietary Mine.[5] Dundasite was first described by William Frederick Petterd in 1893.[6]

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Dundasite is an uncommon secondary mineral occurring in the oxidized zone of lead ore deposits.[3] It commonly overgrows crocoite. It may also be overgrown by yellow cerussite.[5] It may be associated with cerussite, plattnerite, azurite, malachite, pyromorphite, mimetite, beudantite, duftite, crocoite, gibbsite, allophane and limonite.[3]

Besides its type location on Tasmania, the mineral has also been found in New Zealand, Mainland Australia, China, Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Namibia, and the US.[2]

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    Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
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    "Dundasite mineral information and data". mindat.org. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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    "Handbook of Mineralogy: Dunasite" (PDF). RRUF Database. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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    "Dundasite Mineral Data". Webmineral. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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    Bottrill, Ralph (April 12, 2009). "Dundasite". Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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    "Volume 14". The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. Great Britain: Mineralogical Society. 1965.


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