A systematic approach to general and structure-type formulas for minerals and other inorganic phases

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 126-132

  Smith, Deane K ^a   Roberts, Andrew C ^b   Bayliss, Peter ^c   Liebau, Friedrich ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; SILICON;

CHEMICAL FORMULAE; COORDINATION NUMBER; GENERAL STRUCTURES; INORGANIC PHASIS; LONE ELECTRON PAIR; MINERAL POWDERS; STRUCTURAL FORMULA; VARIABLE COORDINATION;

POSITIVE IONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL FORMULA;

EID: 0031747611     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-1-212     Document Type: Article

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