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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1979.043.328.04</article-id>
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<article-title>Tomichite, a New Oxide Mineral from Western Australia</article-title>
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<name>
<surname>Nickel</surname>
<given-names>E. H.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Division of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, 6014</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Grey</surname>
<given-names>I. E.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Division of Mineral Chemistry, CSIRO, PO Box 124, Port Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 3207</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1979</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<issue>328</issue>
<fpage>469</fpage>
<lpage>471</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>18</day>
<month>7</month>
<year>1979</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1979, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1979</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Tomichite, (V,Fe)<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>AsO<sub>13</sub>(OH), a new mineral species related to derbylite, has been found in the &#x2018;green leader&#x2019; gold lodes at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It is monoclinic, with space group <italic>P2<sub>1</sub>/m</italic> or <italic>P2<sub>1</sub>; a</italic> = 7.119 (3), <italic>b</italic> = 14.176 (5), <italic>c</italic> = 4.992 (2) &#x00C5;, &#x03B2; = 105.05 (I)&#x00B0;, Z = 2. Strongest diffraction lines: 3.092 (4), 2.836 (9), 2.663 (10), 1.572 (5). Tomichite occurs as tiny euhedral crystals in quartz; associated minerals are vanadian muscovite, rutile, pyrite, and calaverite. Tomichite is black, has a black streak, lacks internal reflections, is moderately anisotropic, and has S.G. = 4.16 (meas.), 4.42 (calc.). Reflectivity values are 470 nm-15.9%, 546 nm-16.3%, 589 nm 16.6%. Microhardness is VHN 800, using 50 g load.</p></abstract>
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