The crystal chemical role of zn in alunite-type minerals: Structure refinements for kintoreite and zincian kintoreite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 676-683

  Grey, Ian E ^a   Mumme, W Gus ^a   Mills, Stuart J ^b   Birch, William D ^c   Wilson, Nicholas C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alunite type structure; Crystal structure; Single crystal study; Zincian kintoreite

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CHARGE COMPENSATION MECHANISM; HEXAGONAL TUNGSTEN BRONZES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DATA; SINGLE-CRYSTAL STUDY; SIX-MEMBERED RINGS; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS; TYPE STRUCTURES; ZINCIAN KINTOREITE;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

ALUNITE; ANION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

EID: 68549125228     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3083     Document Type: Article

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