The new mineral species Keilite, (Fe,Mg)S, the iron-dominant analogue of niningerite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1687-1692

  Shimizu, Masaaki ^a   Yoshida, Hideto ^b   Mandarino, Joseph A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Royal Ontario Museum ^*  (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abee; Alberta; Enstatite chondrite; Keilite; Meteorite; New mineral species; Niningerite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON; LIGHT REFLECTION; METEORITES;

ASSOCIATED MINERALS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENSTATITE; KEILITE; METEORITE; NEW MINERAL; NININGERITE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0036999850     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1687     Document Type: Article

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