Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral with chains of tellurate octahedra

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1329-1336

  Kampf, Anthony R ^a   Housley, Robert M ^b   Mills, Stuarart J ^c   Mararty, Joseph ^d   Thorne, Brent ^d  

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

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Crystal structure; Girdite; New mineral; Otto Mountain; Ottoite; Stereoactive lone pair; Tellurate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; LEAD OXIDE; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; REFRACTION; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALIFORNIA; GIRDITE; LONE PAIR; NEW MINERAL; OTTO MOUNTAIN; OTTOITE; TELLURATE;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

GIRDITE; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; NEW MINERAL; OTTOITE; OXIDATION; SECONDARY MINERAL; TELLURIUM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957312165     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3510     Document Type: Article

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