The Crystal chemistry of fersmanite, Ca4 (Na, Ca)4 (Ti, Nb)4 (Si2O7)2 O8 F3

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1421-1428

  Sokolova, Elena ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Khomyakov, Alexander P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Institute of Mineralogy   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crystal structure refinement; Fersmanite; Khibina Lovozero complex; Kola Peninsula; Pyrochlore; Russia; Ti silicate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTOMETERS; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

COORDINATION COMPOUNDS;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FERSMANITE; PYROCHLORE; TITANIUM;

KOLA PENINSULA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036818342     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.5.1421     Document Type: Article

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