The crystal structure of ammoniojarosite, (NH4) Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6 and the crystal chemistry of the ammoniojarosite-hydronium jarosite solid-solution series

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-441

  Basciano, L C ^a   Peterson, R C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammoniojarosite; Ammoniojarosite hydronium jarosite solid solution series; Crystal structure; Crystal synthesis; IR spectroscopy; Rietveld refinement; SWIR; XRD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMMONIOJAROSITE-HYDRONIUM JAROSITE; CRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; HYDRONIUM; SHORT-WAVE INFRARED;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; JAROSITE; ORIENTATION; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SOLID SOLUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 39749101741     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.4.427     Document Type: Article

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