The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: Nomenclature

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-678

  Atencio, Daniel ^a   Gieré, Reto ^c   Andrade, Marcelo B ^a   Christy, Andrew G ^b   Kartashov, Pavel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Betafite group; Elsmoreite group; Microlite group; Nomenclature; Pyrochlore group; Pyrochlore supergroup; Rome'ite group

Indexed keywords

BETAFITE GROUP; ELSMOREITE; MICROLITES; NOMENCLATURE; PYROCHLORES; ROME'ITE GROUP;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATE MINERALS; TANTALUM; TERMINOLOGY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MINERAL PROPERTY; NOMENCLATURE; PYROCHLORE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

EID: 77956492007     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.3.673     Document Type: Article

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