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    NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl(H2O)5
    NaCaCu2+5(PO4)4Cl(H2O)5
    Na Ca Cu2+ P O Cl H
    Hurlbut C S (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist 27, 586-589  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O to NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl(H2O)5:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Hurlbut C S (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist 27, 586-589  [view file]
    Panikorovskii T L (2023) DFT modeling of the hydrogen bonding system in sampleite. Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva 152, 83-99 ; https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869605523050052
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    sampleite.pdf
    Frost R L, Weier M L, Williams P A, Leverett P, Kloprogge J T (2007) Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group of minerals. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 38, 574-583
    Giester G, Kolitsch U, Leverett P, Turner P, Williams P A (2007) The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite. European Journal of Mineralogy 19, 75-93  [view file]
    Hurlbut C S (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist 27, 586-589  [view file]
    Panikorovskii T L (2023) DFT modeling of the hydrogen bonding system in sampleite. Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva 152, 83-99 ; https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869605523050052
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]