Weloganite
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Weloganite is a rare carbonate mineral with the formula: Na23Zr6·3H2O. It was discovered by Canadian government mineralogist Ann P. Sabina in 1967 and named for Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond L
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Carbonate mineral
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Carbonate minerals are those minerals containing the carbonate ion, CO2−3.
Weloganite
…Weloganite is a rare carbonate mineral with the formula: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O. It was discovered by Canadian government mineralogist Ann P. Sabina in 1967 and named for Canadian geologist…
Calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri; 6.2 × 6 × 3.3 cm
Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado; 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm
Smithsonite, Silver Bill Mine, Dragoon Mts, Cochise County, Arizona; 4.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm
Dolomite with calcite and chalcopyrite from the Picher Field, Tri-State district, Cherokee County, Kansas; 12.0 × 9.7 × 4.3 cm