Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Pb-Ba-V mineralization
- Type locality
- Adeghoual (Aderhoual)
- Mibladen
- Aït Oufella Caïdat
- Midelt Cercle
- Midelt Province
- Drâa-Tafilalet Region
- Morocco
32.7306°, -4.6967°
2recorded occurrences
Physical
- Colour
- lilac
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.724(2) Å · b = 6.5304(9) Å · c = 14.646(4) Å
- Cell angles
- α = 81.682(1) ° · β = 83.712(2) ° · γ = 86.365(2) °
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.141 : 2.559
- Type-locality form
crusts comprising very fine-grained crystalline aggregates
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Grguriciet
In other languages
- German
- Grguricit · IMA 2019-123
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.5.DB
- 5CarbonatesClass
- 5.DCarbonates with additional anions, with H2ODivision
- 5.DBWith large and medium-sized cationsGroup
- 5.DBGrguriciteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · 4H2OMineral—
DresseriteBa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8 · 3H2OMineral—
DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · H2OMineral—
HydrodresseriteBaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · 3H2OMineral—
KochsándoriteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · H2OMineral—
PetterditePbCr2(CO3)2(OH)4 · H2OMineral—
StrontiodresseriteSrAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 · H2OMineral—
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2020Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2020) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 54. European Journal of Mineralogy, 32 (2) 275-283 doi:10.5194/ejm-32-275-2020 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-32-275-2020
- 2020Rumsey, Michael S., Welch, Mark D., Spratt, John, Kleppe, Annette K. (2020) Grguricite, CaCr2(CO3)2(OH)4.4H2O, a new alumohydrocalcite analogue. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (5). 778-784 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.66DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2020.66
- 2022(2022) Grguricite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Grguricite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/grguricite-54365},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}