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Redefinition of beraunite, Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 ⋅ 6H2O, and discreditation of the name eleonorite: a re-investigation of type material from the Hrbek Mine (Czech Republic)
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 19300 Prague 9, Czech Republic
Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
Jaromír Tvrdý
Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
Jakub Plášil
Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i., Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague 8,
Czech Republic
Jiří Sejkora
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 19300 Prague 9, Czech Republic
Radek Škoda
Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
Nikita V. Chukanov
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia
Andreas Massanek
Geoscientific Collections, Technische Universität Bergakademie
Freiberg, A.-G.-Werner-Bau, Brennhausgasse 14, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
Jan Filip
Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced
Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University,
Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Dolníček
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, National Museum, Cirkusová
1740, 19300 Prague 9, Czech Republic
František Veselovský
Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 131/3, 118 21 Prague 1, Czech
Republic
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The study of the original material of beraunite from the type locality Hrbek, Czech Rep., from collections of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) and National Museum Prague (Czech Republic) proved the identity of the minerals beraunite and eleonorite. Because the name beraunite has priority, we consider the name eleonorite to be redundant and proposed to abolish it. The proposal 21-D approved by the IMA discredited eleonorite and accepted the formula of beraunite Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O.
The study of the original material of beraunite from the type locality Hrbek, Czech Rep., from...
