Walkerite, a new borate mineral species in an evaporitic sequence from Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1675-1686

  Grice, Joel D ^a   Gault, Robert A ^a   Van Velthuizen, Jerry ^a   Pratt, Allen ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borate; Crystal structure; Evaporite; New Brunswick; New mineral species; Polymerization; Sussex; Walkerite

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEGATIVE IONS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

UNIT-CELLS;

BORATE MINERALS;

BORATE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVAPORITE; NEW MINERAL; POLYMERIZATION; WALKERITE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; SUSSEX;

EID: 0037002157     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1675     Document Type: Article

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