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Name: Plumbogummite
Pbg
Specimens in Collection:

#15: Plumbogummite
Guangxi, China
IMA Chemistry: PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Plumbogummite contains elements:
Lead (Pb)
Aluminum (Al)
Phosphorus (P)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: France
Year First Published: 1819
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Known previous to this publication, but referred to here as plomb-gomme: Berzelius J J (1819) (30) Diaspore, in Nouveau Système de Minéralogie, Méquignon-Marvis (Paris) 282-285 Named changed to plumbo-gummite: Shepard C U (1835) Plumbo-gummite, in Treatise on Mineralogy: Second Part, Hezekiah Howe & Co. (New Haven) 113-113 Redefined: Scott K M (1987) Solid solution in, and classification of, gossan-derived members of the alunite-jarosite family, northwest Queensland, Australia, American Mineralogist 72, 178-187
Structural Group Name: Alunite-crandallite
Fleischer's Group Name: alunite-jarosite-plumbogummite subgroup
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 3200 Million Years Ago
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