The arrojadite enigma: II. Compositional space, new members, and nomenclature of the group

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1260-1270

  Chopin, Christian ^a   Oberti, Roberta ^b   Cámara, Fernando ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis; Arrojadite; Arrojadite (BaFe); Arrojadite (PbFe); Chemical (mineral); Crystal structure; Flourarrojadite (BaFe); New minerals; Optical properties; XRD data

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TERMINOLOGY;

ANALYSIS; ARROJADITE; ARROJADITE-(BAFE); ARROJADITE-(PBFE); FLOURARROJADITE-(BAFE); NEW MINERAL;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ARROJADITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 33748543580     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2190     Document Type: Article

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