Xocolatlite, Ca2Mn24+ Te2O12·H2O, a new tellurate related to kuranakhite: Description and measurement of Te oxidation state by XANES spectroscopy

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1911-1920

  Grundler, Pascal V ^a,f   Brugger, Joël ^a   Meisser, Nicolas ^b   Ansermet, Stefan ^b   Borg, Stacey ^c   Etschmann, Barbara ^c   Testemale, Denis ^d,g   Bolin, Trudy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Kuranakhite; Mexico; Moctezuma; New mineral; Sonora; Tellurium oxidation state; XANES spectroscopy; Xocolatlite

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; OXIDATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

KURANAKHITE; ME-XICO; MOCTEZUMA; NEW MINERAL; OXIDATION STATE; SONORA; XOCOLATLITE;

TELLURIUM;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KURANAKHITE; NEW MINERAL; OXIDATION; TELLURIUM; XANES SPECTROSCOPY; XOCOLATLITE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 58049122450     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2870     Document Type: Article

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