The crystal structure of Ga-rich plumbogummite from Tsumeb, Namibia

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 837-845

  Mills, S J ^a   Kampf, A R ^b   Raudsepp, M ^a   Christy, A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bond valence; Crystal structure; Gallium; Kintoreite; Namibia; Plumbogummite; Tsumeb

Indexed keywords

BOND VALENCE; BOND VALENCES; CELL PARAMETER; COMPOSITE LAYER; COORDINATED SITES; DIFFRACTION LINES; NAMIBIA; RHOMBOHEDRAL SYMMETRY; SPACE GROUPS; TYPE STRUCTURES; WHITE LIGHT;

CALCIUM; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LEAD; LIGHT; REFRACTION; SULFATE MINERALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALUNITE; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GALLIUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; OSHIKOTO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TSUMEB;

EID: 71449091434     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.5.837     Document Type: Article

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