The crystal chemistry and crystal structure of kuksite, PbM 3Zn3Te6+P2O14, and a note on the crystal structure of yafsoanite, (Ca,Pb)3Zn(TeO 6)2

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 933-938

  Mills, Stuart J ^a   Kampf, Anthony R ^b   Kolitsch, Uwe ^c,d   Housley, Robert M ^e   Raudsepp, Mati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Pine; Blue Bell; Crystal structure; Delbe orebody; Dugganite; Jo lbruggerite; Kuksite; Tellurate; Yafsoanite

Indexed keywords

BELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GOLD DEPOSITS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BLACK PINES; DELBE OREBODY; DUGGANITE; KUKSITE; TELLURATE; YAFSOANITE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KUKSITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TYPE LOCALITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YAFSOANITE;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 77957201010     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3483     Document Type: Article

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