The crystal structure of piergorite-(Ce), Ca8Ce2 (Al0.5Fe0.53+)∑1 (□,Li,Be)2Si6B8O36 (OH,F)2: A new borosilicate from Vetralla, Italy, with a modified hellandite-type chain

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1170-1177

  Boiocchi, Massimo ^a   Callegari, Athos ^a,b   Ottolini, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borosilicate; Crystal structure; Hellandite; New mineral; Piergorite (Ce); SIMS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETITE; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOROSILICATE; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; HELLANDITE; NEW MINERAL; PIERGORITE-(CE); SIMPLIFIED FORMULA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORKS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HELLANDITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW MINERAL; PIERGORITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VETRALLA; VITERBO;

EID: 33746938298     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2139     Document Type: Article

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