Natropharmacoalumite, NaAl4[(OH)4(AsO 4)3].4H2O, a new mineral of the pharmacosiderite supergroup and the renaming of aluminopharmacosiderite to pharmacoalumite

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 929-936

  Rumsey, M S ^a   Mills, S J ^b   Spratt, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALUMINOPHARMACOSIDERITE; MARIA JOSEFA MINE; MINERAL NOMENCLATURE; NATROPHARMACOALUMITE; NEW MINERAL SPECIES; PHARMACOALUMITE; PHARMACOSIDERITE GROUP; REDEFINITION; RODALQUILAR; SODIUM ALUMINIUM ARSENATE; SPAIN

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOPHARMACOSIDERITE; MARIA JOSEFA MINE; MINERAL NOMENCLATURE; NATROPHARMACOALUMITE; NEW MINERAL SPECIES; PHARMACOALUMITE; PHARMACOSIDERITE; REDEFINITION; RODALQUILAR; SPAIN;

ALUMINUM; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

ARSENATE MINERALS;

ARSENATE GROUP; CLEAVAGE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHS SCALE; NATROPHARMACOALUMITE; NEW MINERAL; NOMENCLATURE; TRANSPARENCY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; RODALQUILAR; SPAIN;

EID: 78650133170     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.929     Document Type: Article

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