The role of silver on the stabilization of the incommensurately modulated structure in calaverite, aute2

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 728-736

  Bindi, Luca ^a   Arakcheeva, Aila ^b   Chapuis, Gervais ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CH 1015   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calaverite; Krennerite; Modulated structure; Valence fluctuations

Indexed keywords

SILVER; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALAVERITE; GENERAL FORMULAS; KRENNERITE; MODULATED STRUCTURES; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; STRUCTURE MODULATION; VALENCE FLUCTUATIONS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GOLD; MINERAL PROPERTY; SILVER; TELLURIUM;

EID: 68549096133     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3159     Document Type: Article

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