Clinoatacamite, a new polymorph of Cu2(OH)3Cl, and its relationship to paratacamite and "Anarakite"

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Jambor, John L ^a   Dutrizac, John E ^b   Roberts, Andrew C ^c   Grice, Joel D ^d   Szymański, Jan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anarakite; Clinoatacamite; Cu2(OH)3Cl polymorphs; New mineral species; Paratacamite; Synthesis; X ray data; Zn Ni Co substitutions

Indexed keywords

ANARAKITE; CLINOATACAMITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NEW MINERAL; PARATACAMITE;

EID: 0029731412     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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