Complex twinning, polytypism and disorder phenomena in the crystal structures of antimonpearceite and arsenpolybasite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-333

  Bindi, Luca ^a   Evain, Michel ^b   Menchetti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Antimonpearceite; Arsenpolybasite; Crystal structure determination; Disorder; Polytypism; Twinning

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STACKING FAULTS; TWINNING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANTIMONPEARCEITE; ARSENPOLYBASITE; POLYTYPES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; POLYTYPISM; TWINNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34249789263     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.321     Document Type: Article

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