Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: III. Thorneite, Pb6(Te26+O10)(CO 3)Cl2(H2O), the first mineral with edge-sharing octahedral tellurate dimers

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1548-1553

  Kampf, Anthony R ^a   Housley, Robert M ^b   Mararty, Joseph ^c  

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

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Crystal structure; New mineral; Otto Mountain; Tellurate; Thorneite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LANDFORMS; LEAD OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; REFRACTION; SULFIDE MINERALS; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

CALIFORNIA; NEW MINERAL; OTTO MOUNTAIN; TELLURATE; THORNEITE;

CHLORINE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HARDNESS; LEAD; MINERAL PROPERTY; NEW MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SECONDARY MINERAL; TELLURIUM; THORNEITE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957294067     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3512     Document Type: Article

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