A new crystal-chemical variation of the alunite-type structure in monoclinic PbZn0.5Fe3 (AsO4)2(OH)6

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1355-1364

  Grey, Ian E ^a   Mumme, W Gus ^a   Bordet, Pierre ^b   Mills, Stuart J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alunite type monoclinic superstructure; Composition and displacement modulation; Crystal structure; Lead iron zinc hydroxyarsenate

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL REFINING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MODULATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

ALUNITE-TYPE MONOCLINIC SUPERSTRUCTURE; BROKEN HILLS; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; COMPOSITION AND DISPLACEMENT MODULATION; LEAD IRON ZINC HYDROXYARSENATE; MONOCLINIC STRUCTURES; MONOCLINIC SYMMETRIES; SEGNITITE; SIX-MEMBERED RINGS; SPACE GROUPS; TWINNED CRYSTALS; TYPE STRUCTURES; X-RAY DATUM; ZINC ATOMS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALUNITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON; LEAD; TWINNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 59649112869     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.5.1355     Document Type: Article

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