Bechererite, (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH) 4]2, a novel mineral species from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Arizona

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 244-248

  Giester, Gerald ^a   Rieck, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BONDS; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; DIRECT METHOD; DUMP MATERIALS; EDGE-SHARING OCTAHEDRA; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; MINERAL SPECIES; OCTAHEDRAL SHEETS; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BECHERERITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL; XRD;

USA, ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY, TONOPAH-BELMONT MINE;

EID: 0029730704     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-1-230     Document Type: Article

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