European Journal of Mineralogy
European Journal of Mineralogy
European Journal of Mineralogy
Articles | Volume 34, issue 6
Articles | Volume 34, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-563-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-563-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 34, issue 6
Research article
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18 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2022

Tin weathering experiment set by nature for 300 years: natural crystals of the anthropogenic mineral hydroromarchite from Creussen, Bavaria, Germany

Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Maria Messingschlager, and Leonid Dubrovinsky

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In this work we report a new locality for the rare mineral hydroromarchite, Sn3O2(OH)2. It was found not in a submarine environment but in soil at the Saint James Church archaeological site in Creussen, Germany. A tin artefact (a tin button) was exposed to weathering in soil for about 300 years. We solved and refined its structure based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.
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