Biraite-(Ce), Ce2 Fe2+ (CO3) (Si2O7), a new mineral from Siberia with a novel structure type

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 715-721

  Konev, Alexey ^a   Pasero, Marco ^b   Pushcharovksy, Dmitry ^c   Merlino, Stefano ^b   Kashaev, Anvar ^a   Suvorova, Ludmila ^d   Ushchapovskaya, Zinaida ^a   Nartova, Nadezda ^a   Lebedeva, Yulia ^c   Chukanov, Nikita ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alkaline pegmatites; Biraia carbonatite dyke; Biraite (Ce); Crystal structure; New mineral

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BARIUM ALLOYS; BARIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PRASEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM ALLOYS; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALINE PEGMATITES; BIRAITE-(CE); CARBONATITE DYKE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; NEW MINERAL; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SIBERIA; WORLD;

EID: 27244449928     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0715     Document Type: Article

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