Morphology of jarosite-group compounds precipitated from biologically and chemically oxidized Fe ions

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Sasaki, Keiko ^a   Konno, Hidetaka ^b  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammoniojarosite; Argentojarosite; Jarosite; Morphology; Oxidation rate of Fe2+ ions; Precursor; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON; JAROSITE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION;

EID: 0034047042     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.45     Document Type: Article

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