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

Abstract Hydroromarchite is a mineral that so far has been found only in a few locations in the world and recognized as a common product of submarine corrosion of pewter artefacts. Here we report a new locality for this rare mineral found at the Saint James Church archaeological site in Creussen, Germany. There it appeared to be a product of weathering of a tin artefact (a tin button) buried in soil of the churchyard for about 300 years. The mineral, found in paragenesis with romarchite and cassiterite, was identified using single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

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• Erschienen in: Tin weathering experiment set by nature for 300 years: natural crystals of the anthropogenic mineral hydroromarchite from Creussen, Bavaria, Germany ; volume:34 ; number:6 ; year:2022 ; pages:563-572 ; extent:10 ; European journal of mineralogy ; 34, Heft 6 (2022), 563-572 (gesamt 10)

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• Urheber: Dubrovinskaia, Natalia ; Messingschlager, Maria ; Dubrovinsky, Leonid

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• DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-563-2022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022112404323580509978
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.