Sazhinite-(La), Na3LaSi6O15 (H2O)2, a new mineral from the Aris phonolite, Namibia: Description and crystal structure

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-418

  Camara F ^a   Ottolini, L ^a   Devouard, B ^b   Garvie, L A J ^c   Hawthorne, F C ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMPA; New mineral; Rare earth minerals; Sazhinite (La); SCXRD; SIMS

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON MICROPROBE; PHONOLITE; RARE-EARTH MINERALS; SAZHINITE;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW MINERAL; ORIENTATION; PHONOLITE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAZHINITE; TWINNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; KHOMAS; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WINDHOEK;

EID: 33751222255     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461067040343     Document Type: Article

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