TY - JOUR
T1 - The Where of Mineral Names
T2 - Hotsonite, Hotson 6 Mine, Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm), Khâi-Ma, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa
AU - Cairncross, Bruce
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Discovery and Origin of the Name HOTSONITE, Al11(SO4)3(PO4)2(OH)21.16H2O (fig. 1), is a rare aluminum-sulfate-phosphate currently known from only three countries: South Africa (Beukes et al. 1984b), Hubei and Shaanxi in China (Zhenrong 2008), and the Belyavinsky mine in Russia (Jambor and Puziewicz 1991) (https://www.mindat.org/min-1933.html#autoanchor18; accessed April 2020). It was described by Beukes et al. (1984b) from old quarry workings that exploited sillimanite.
AB - Discovery and Origin of the Name HOTSONITE, Al11(SO4)3(PO4)2(OH)21.16H2O (fig. 1), is a rare aluminum-sulfate-phosphate currently known from only three countries: South Africa (Beukes et al. 1984b), Hubei and Shaanxi in China (Zhenrong 2008), and the Belyavinsky mine in Russia (Jambor and Puziewicz 1991) (https://www.mindat.org/min-1933.html#autoanchor18; accessed April 2020). It was described by Beukes et al. (1984b) from old quarry workings that exploited sillimanite.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85093682282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00357529.2020.1791633
DO - 10.1080/00357529.2020.1791633
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85093682282
SN - 0035-7529
VL - 95
SP - 567
EP - 570
JO - Rocks and Minerals
JF - Rocks and Minerals
IS - 6
ER -