Magnesiofoitite, [] (Mg2Al) Al6 (Si6O18) (BO3)3 (OH)4, a new alkali-deficient tourmaline

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1439-1443

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Selway, Julie B ^a   Kato, Akira ^b   Matsubara, Satoshi ^b   Shimizu, Masaaki ^c   Grice, Joel D ^d   Vajdak, Josef ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Honshu; Japan; Kyonosawa; Magnesiofoitite; New mineral species; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIOFOITITE; NEW MINERAL; TOURMALINE;

EID: 0033502094     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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