Paratooite-(La), a new lanthanum-dominant rare-earth copper carbonate from Paratoo, South Australia

Author(s)
Allan Pring, K Wallwork, Joel Brugger, Uwe Kolitsch
Abstract

Paratooite-(La) is a Lanthanum-dominant rare-earth copper carbonate from the Paratoo copper mine, near Yunta, Olary district, South Australia. Paratooite-(La) occurs as sheaves and radiating sprays of blade-like to tabular pale blue crystals in thin fissures in a slaty country rock. Individual crystals are typically 50-200 œm in maximum dimension but

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
Flinders University, University of Adelaide
Journal
Mineralogical Magazine
Volume
70
Pages
131-138
No. of pages
8
ISSN
0026-461X
Publication date
2006
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105113 Crystallography, 105116 Mineralogy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fb64d57b-1aa5-4e22-9cce-e837b4e2751b