Zoltaiite, a new barium-vanadium nesosubsilicate mineral from British Columbia: Description and crystal structure

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1655-1660

  Bartholomew, Paul R ^a   Mancini, Franco ^b,c   Cahill, Christopher ^d   Harlow, George E ^b   Bernhardt, Heinz Juergen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Capo Settore Progettazione e Collaudo Strutture Metalliche e Dispositivi Speciali   (Italy)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PYRITES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DIRECT METHOD; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EQUIVALENT LAYER; INVERSION CENTER; OCTAHEDRAL EDGES; TETRAHEDRAL SHEETS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

BARIUM; MINERALOGY; NEW MINERAL; SILICATE MINERAL; VANADIUM; ZOLTAIITE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CELSIA;

EID: 27644478431     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1602     Document Type: Article

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