The crystal structure of trembathite, (Mg1.55Fe1.43Mn0.02)B7O 13Cl, a mineral of the boracite group: An example of the insertion of a cluster into a three-dimensional net

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1195-1201

  Schindler, Michael ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Electron microprobe analysis; Structure topology; Trembathite

Indexed keywords

BORATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TREMBATHITE;

EID: 0032459029     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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