Schlemaite, (Cu□)6(Pb,Bi)Se4, a new mineral species from Niederschlema-Alberoda, Erzgebirge, Germany: Description and crystal structure

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1433-1444

  Förster, hans Jürgen ^a   Cooper, Mark A ^b   Roberts, Andrew C ^c   Stanley, Chris J ^d   Criddle, Alan J ^d   Hawthorne, Frank C ^b   Laflamme, J H Gilles ^e   Tischendorf, Gerhard ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berzelianite; Crystal structure; Cu Pb Bi selenide; Electron microprobe data; Erzebirge; Eucairite; Germany; New mineral species; Niederschlema Alberoda; Reflectance data; Schlemaite; X ray data

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; TWINNING; URANIUM DEPOSITS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SCHLEMAITE;

LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NEW MINERAL; ORE DEPOSIT; SCHLEMAITE; SELENIUM; URANIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1842663212     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.6.1433     Document Type: Article

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