The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Clissold, Meagan E ^a   Leverett, Peter ^a   Williams, Peter A ^a   Hibbs, David E ^b   Nickel, Ernest H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Gillardite; Herbertsmithite; New mineral species; Nickel analogue; Paratacamite; Western Australia; Widgiemooltha

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY;

GILLARDITE; HERBERTSMITHITE; NEW MINERAL SPECIES; WIDGIEMOOLTHA;

NICKEL DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GILLARDITE; NEW MINERAL; NICKEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249806309     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.317     Document Type: Article

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