The crystal structure of arapovite, U4+ (Ca, Na)2 (K1-x↔x) [Si8 O20], x ≈ 0.5, a new mineral species of the steacyite group from the Dara-i-Pioz moraine, Tien-Shan mountains, Tajikistan

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1005-1011

  Uvarova, Yulia A ^a   Sokolova, Elena ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Agakhanov, Atali A ^b   Pautov, Leonid A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arapovite; Crystal structure; Dara i Pioz; Tajikistan; U4+ silicate; Si8O 20 double ring

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SILICATE MINERALS; TOPOLOGY;

ARPOVITE; EKANITE; FOUR-MEMBERED RINGS; TURKESTANITE;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL;

EID: 7744236400     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.4.1005     Document Type: Article

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