Herbertsmithite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, a new species, and the definition of paratacamite

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 527-539

  Braithwaite, R S W ^a   Mereiter, K ^b   Paar, W H ^c   Clark, A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anarak; Anarakite; Chile; Cu chlorides; Herbertsmithite; IR spectroscopy; Iran; New mineral; Paratacamite; Sierra Gorda; Site occupancy and selectivity; Solid solution; XRD

Indexed keywords

BOTALLACKITE; PARATACAMITES; POLYMORPHS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; CLINOATACAMITE; HERBERTSMITHITE; MINERALOGY; NEW MINERAL; PARATACAMITE;

EID: 4444351885     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046830204     Document Type: Article

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