TASSIEITE, (Na,□)Ca2,(Mg,Fe2+, Fe3+2(Fe3+,Mg)2 (Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)6·2 H2O, a new hydrothermal wicksite-group mineral in flourapatite nodules from granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-305

  Grew, Edward S ^a   Armbruster, Thomas ^b   Medenbach, Olaf ^c   Yates, Martin G ^a   Carson, Christopher J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Crystal structure; Electron microprobe; Larsemann Hills; New mineral species; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY;

ELECTRON MICROPROBE; NEW MINERAL SPECIES; TASSIEITE;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; NEW MINERAL; PHOSPHATE; TASSIEITE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

EID: 34249806017     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.293     Document Type: Article

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