Alacranite, As8S9: Structural study of the holotype and re-assignment of the original chemical formula

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 11-12 PART 1, 2003, Pages 1796-1800

  Bonazzi, Paola ^a   Bindi, Luca ^a   Popova, Valentina ^b   Pratesi, Giovanni ^a   Menchetti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Urals Branch of RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CHEMICAL FORMULAE; DIRECT METHOD; INTRAMOLECULAR DISTANCES; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALACRANITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0347900573     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-11-1220     Document Type: Article

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