Cleusonite, (Pb,SR)(U4+,U6+,Zn)2 (Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38, a new mineral species of the crichtonite group from the western Swiss Alps

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 933-942

  Wülser, Pierre Alain ^a,b,d,e   Meisser, Nicolas ^a,b   Brugger, Joël ^d,e   Schenk, Kurt ^c   Ansermet, Stefan ^a,f   Bonin, Michel ^c   Bussy, François ^b  

^a UNIL BFSH2   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f Musée Cantonal d'Histoire Naturelle de Sion   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cleusonite; Crichtonite group; Crystal morphology; New mineral; Swiss Alps; Uranium oxidation state

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALS; RADIATION DAMAGE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CLEUSONITE; CRICHTONITE GROUP; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; NEW MINERAL; OXIDATION STATE; SWISS ALPS;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 30344469033     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0933     Document Type: Article

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