Crystal structure of glaucodot, (Co,Fe) AsS, and its relationship to marcasite and arsenopyrite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1183-1186

  Yang, Hexiong ^a   Downs, Robert T ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Co Fe sulfarsenide; Crystal structure; Glaucodot; Marcasite type mineral; Single crystal X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AS LAYERS; GLAUCODOT; OCTAHEDRAL CHAINS; OCTAHEDRAL SITES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SPACE GROUPS; TYPE STRUCTURES; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

COBALT METALLOGRAPHY;

ARSENOPYRITE; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MARCASITE; STOICHIOMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 49549116617     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2966     Document Type: Article

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