gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1963.033.261.07 X-ray Study of Woodruffite from Sandur Ore Deposits, Mysore State, India Naganna C. D.Sc. Department of Petrography, Charles University, Prague1 Bouška Vl. C.Sc. Department of Mineralogy, Charles University, Prague

Present address: Dept. of Geology, Karnatak University, Dharwar, India.

 6 1963 33 261 506 507 Copyright © 1963, The Mineralogical Society 1963 Summary

The mineral woodruffite, which has so far been reported from only one locality, Sterling Hill, New Jersey, has been found to occur in the Sandur area. Its physical and chemical characters are given. Indexing of the X-ray powder photograph shows that the mineral is most probably tetragonal with a 8·42, c 9·28 Å.