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Name: Paraspurrite
IMA Chemistry: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Paraspurrite contains elements:
Calcium (Ca)
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Carbon (C)
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Year First Published:
IMA Status: Discredited
Status Notes: Colville A A, Colville P A (1977) Paraspurrite, a new polymorph of spurrite from Inyo County, California, American Mineralogist 62, 1003-1005 Paraspurrite is discredited. It corresponds to a polysynthetically twinned spurrite. Grice J D, Adams P M, Rowe R (2010) Discreditation of paraspurrite, American Mineralogist 95, 876-879
Structural Group Name: Spurrite-Afwillite
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