The pearceite-polybasite group of minerals: Crystal chemistry and new nomenclature rules

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 918-925

  Bindi, Luca ^a   Evain, Michel ^b   Spry, Paul G ^c   Menchetti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Crystal chemistry; Nomenclature rules; Pearceite polybasite; X ray data

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MINERALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TERMINOLOGY; X RAYS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATA; INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION METHODS; PEARCEITE-POLYBASITE; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS; X RAY DATA; X-RAY SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFIDE GROUP; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34249796669     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2440     Document Type: Article

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