Martinite, a new hydrated sodium calcium fluoroborosilicate species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Description, structure determination and genetic implications

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1281-1292

  McDonald, Andrew M ^a   Chao, George Y ^b,c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Crystal structure; Layered borosilicate; Martinite; Mont Saint Hilaire Quebec; New mineral species; Reyerite gyrolite group

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; SILICATE MINERALS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

FLUOROBOROSILICATE SPECIES; LAYERED BOROSILICATE; MARTINITE; REYERITE-GYROLITE GROUP;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MARTINITE; MOHS SCALE; NEW MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SILICATE MINERAL; SODALITE; SODIUM; SYENITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XENOLITH;

CANADA; MONT SAINT-HILAIRE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 36949036691     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1281     Document Type: Article

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