A crystal structure for the souzalite/gormanite series from synchrotron powder diffraction data

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-723

  Le Bail, Armel ^a   Stephens, Peter W ^b   Hubert, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Assoc Micro Monteurs Montigny le   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Gormanite; Powder diffraction; Souzalite; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TWINNING;

CORNER SHARING; GORMANITE; INFINITE CHAINS; OCTAHEDRAL LAYERS; POWDER DIFFRACTION; SOUZALITE; SPACE GROUPS; SYNCHROTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GORMANITE; SOUZALITE; TWINNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0042927972     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0719     Document Type: Article

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