Sidpietersite, Pb2+4(S6+O3S2-)O2(OH)2, a new thiosulfate-bearing mineral species from Tsumeb, Namibia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1269-1273

  Roberts, Andrew C ^a   Cooper, Mark A ^b   Hawthorne, Frank C ^b   Criddle, Alan J ^c   Stanley, Chris J ^c   Key, Charles L ^d   Jambor, John L ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d University of British Columbia ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe data; Infrared spectroscopy; Lead hydroxide oxide thiosulfate; Namibia; New mineral species; Sidpietersite; Tsumeb; Tsumeb mine; X ray data

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; THIOSULFATE;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0033500933     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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