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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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