A single crystal X-ray study of a sulphate-bearing buttgenbachite, (Cu36CI7.8 (NO3)1.3 (SO4)0.35(OH)62.2.5.2H2O, and a re-examination of the crystal chemistry of the buttgenbachite - connellite series

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-60

  Hibbs, D E ^a   Leverett, P ^b   Williams, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buttgenbachite; Connellite; Solid solution; Substitution; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; NEGATIVE IONS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY STRUCTURE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BUTTGENBACHITE; CONNELLITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SULFATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037295063     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036710083     Document Type: Article

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