Light-induced alteration of arsenic sulfides: A new product with an orthorhombic crystal structure

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-620

  Bindi, Luca ^a   Bonazzi, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic sulfide; Crystal structure; Light induced alteration; Molecular packing; XRD data

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ARSENIC SULFIDE; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; LIGHT-INDUCED; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL REFINEMENT; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFIDE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34247536455     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2332     Document Type: Article

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