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| Name: | Tyrolite Tyl |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #378: Tyrolite Lake Serene Mine, Index, Snohomish County, Washington, USA  #772: Tyrolite Germany |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Tyrolite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Copper (Cu) Arsenic (As) Oxygen (O) Carbon (C) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Austria |
| Year First Published: | 1817 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | First described: Werner A G (1817) Kupferschaum, in Letztes Mineral-System, Craz, Gerlach and Gerold (Freiberg) 50-51 Named: Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. IV. Ordnung. Malachite. VII. Euchlormalachit. Tirolit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 506-511 Chemical composition determined as 5CuO·As_2_O_5_·CaCO_3_·8H_2_O: Church A H (1895) A chemical study of some native arsenates and phosphates, Mineralogical Magazine 11, 1-12 Chemical formula changed to Ca_2_Cu_9_(AsO_4_)_4_(OH)_10_·10H_2_O: Berry L G (1948) Tyrolite, higginsite and cornwallite, American Mineralogist 33, 193-193 After a crystal structure determination, the chemical formula is revised yet again to Ca_2_Cu_9_(AsO_4_)_4_(CO_3_)(OH)_8_·11H_2_O: Krivovichev S V, Chernyshov D Y, Döbelin N, Armbruster T, (2006) Crystal chemistry and polytypism of tyrolite, American Mineralogist 91, 1378-1384 |
| Structural Group Name: | Tyrolite |
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| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic|orthorhombic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2222.9 Million Years Ago |
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