Mineralogy and crystal structure of bouazzerite from Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco: Bi-As-Fe nanoclusters containing Fe3+ in trigonal prismatic coordination

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1630-1639

  Brugger, Joël ^a,f   Meisser, Nicolas ^b   Krivovichev, Sergey ^c   Armbruster, Thomas ^d   Favreau, Georges ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e South Australian Museum ^*  (France)

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Bou Azzer province; Bouazzerite; Crystal structure determination; Morocco; New mineral; Trigonal prismatic coordination

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE MINERALS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; NANOCLUSTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

ANTI-ATLAS; BOU AZZER PROVINCE; BOUAZZERITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; MOROCCO; NEW MINERAL; PRISMATIC COORDINATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

BOUAZZERITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; NEW MINERAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; BOU AZZER; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 35448953621     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2508     Document Type: Article

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