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Grimmite, NiCo2S4, a new thiospinel from Příbram, Czech Republic
Pavel Škácha
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Mining Museum Příbram, Hynka Kličky place 293, 261 01
Příbram VI, Czech Republic
Jiří Sejkora
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Jakub Plášil
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague
8, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Dolníček
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Jana Ulmanová
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 193 00 Prague 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
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Short summary
Grimmite, sulfide of cobalt and nickel, is the new mineral for the mineralogical system.
Grimmite, sulfide of cobalt and nickel, is the new mineral for the mineralogical system.
