Ansermetite, MnV2O6·4H2O, a new mineral species with V5+ in five-fold coordination from Val Ferrera, Eastern Swiss Alps

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1423-1431

  Brugger, Joël ^a   Berlepsch, Peter ^b   Meisser, Nicolas ^c   Armbruster, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ansermetite; Crystal structure; Eastern Swiss Alps; Metavanadate; New mineral species; Starlera mine; Val Ferrera

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; MINERALOGY; STRONTIUM;

OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION;

MANGANESE DEPOSITS;

ANSERMETITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NEW MINERAL; VANADIUM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1842763702     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.6.1423     Document Type: Article

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