| Name: | Girdite |
| IMA Chemistry: | Pb3(Te4+O3)(Te6+O4)(OH)2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Girdite contains elements: Lead (Pb) Tellurium (Te) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | USA |
| Year First Published: | 1979 |
| IMA Status: | Discredited |
| Status Notes: | Williams S A (1979) Girdite, oboyerite, fairbankite, and winstanleyite, four new tellurium minerals from Tombstone, Arizona, Mineralogical Magazine 43, 453-457 Discredited because the original description of girdite was based on data obtained from at least two and probably more different phases, among which are oboyerite and ottoite: Kampf A R, Mills S J, Rumsey M S (2017) The discreditation of girdite. Mineralogical Magazine 81, 1125-1128 |
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| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
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