Bobfergusonite from the Nancy pegmatite, San Luis range, Argentina: Crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 705-716

  Tait, Kimberly T ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Černý, Petr ^a   Galliski, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bobfergusonite; Crystal structure; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAYS;

ELECTRON MICROPROBE; OSCTAHEDRAL ARRANGEMENT; PEGMATITE; X RAY INTENSITY;

MINERALOGY;

BOBFERGUSONITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PEGMATITE;

ARGENTINA; SAN LUIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3843150723     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.3.705     Document Type: Article

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