Crystal-structure determination of twinned kettnerite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 923-927

  Grice, Joel D ^a   Cooper, Mark A ^b   Hawthorne, Frank C ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Kettnerite; Merohedral twin; Stereoactive lone pair of electrons

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TWINNING;

EID: 0033370249     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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