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Sinjarite, a new mineral from Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Zeki A. Aljubouri  and
Salim M. Aldabbagh
Zeki A. Aljubouri
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Iraq
Salim M. Aldabbagh
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Mosul, Iraq
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Summary

A hygroscopic, soft, pink mineral was discovered in Sinjar town, west of Mosul city. Wet chemical and X-ray diffraction analyses proved that the mineral has a composition of calcium chloride dihydrate CaCl2·2H2O, which has not been known in nature before. It is therefore a new mineral, and is named sinjarite after its locality.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 43 , Issue 329 , March 1980 , pp. 643 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1980

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