Fluorcalciobritholite, (Ca,REE)5[(Si,P)O4]3F, a new mineral: Description and crystal chemistry

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Pekov, Igor V ^a   Pasero, Marco ^b   Yaskovskaya, Asiya N ^c   Chukanov, Nikita V ^d   Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu ^a   Merlino, Stefano ^b   Zubkova, Natalia V ^a   Kononkova, Natalia N ^e   Men'shikov, Yury P ^f   Zadov, Aleksandr E ^g  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g NPO Regenerator   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apatite group; Britholite group; Crystal structure; Fluorcalciobritholite; Khibiny alkaline complex; New mineral

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DYSPROSIUM ALLOYS; ERBIUM ALLOYS; FLUORSPAR; GADOLINIUM ALLOYS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; MICA; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PRASEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS; THORIUM METALLOGRAPHY; YTTERBIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BRITHOLITE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; FLUORCALCIOBRITHOLITE; HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS; KHIBINY ALKALINE COMPLEX; NEW MINERAL; SIMPLIFIED FORMULA; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

APATITE; BRITHOLITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORCALCIOBRITHOLITE; NEW MINERAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34249802910     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-0095     Document Type: Article

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