The system Fe-Co-Ni-As-S.I. Phase relations in the (Fe,Co,Ni)As0.5S1.5 section at 650° and 500°C

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-62

  Hem, Skage R ^a   Makovicky, Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

As S melt; Cattierite; Cobaltite; Gersdorffite; Linnaeite; Monosulfide solid solution; Mss; Phase relations; Siegenite; Unit cell size; Vaesite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; MINERALS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRON-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; FE-CO-NI-AS-S SYSTEMS; PHASE RELATIONS; POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON DEPOSITS;

ARSENIC; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PYRITE; SULFUR;

EID: 2542482098     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.1.43     Document Type: Article

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