Salesite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile

Charles Palache; O. W. Jarrell

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Research Article| June 01, 1939

Salesite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile

Charles Palache;

Charles Palache

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass

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O. W. Jarrell

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Charles Palache

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass

O. W. Jarrell

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass

Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America

First Online: 29 Jun 2018

Online ISSN: 1945-3027

Print ISSN: 0003-004X

Mineralogical Society of America

American Mineralogist (1939) 24 (6): 388–392.

Abstract

Salesite, CuIO₃(OH), is a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. Orthorhombic, a:b:c = 0.4442:1:0.6241. Habit prismatic. Cell dimensions: a₀=4.78, b₀ = 10.77, c₀=6.70. Cleavage perfect //{110}. H = 3, D = 4.77 ±.05. Color green, X = a, 1.706, Y=c, 2.070 Z = b, 2.075, r>v, extreme, 2V=0-5°. Biaxial negative. Analysis by F. A. Gonyer: CuO 30.62, Na₂O 0.59, I₂O₅ 64.79, H₂O 3.68. Named in honor of Reno H. Sales, Chief Geologist of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.