Leucostaurite, Pb2[B5O9]Cl·0. 5H2O, from the Atacama Desert: The first Pb-dominant member of the hilgardite group, and micro-determination of boron in minerals by PIGE

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1206-1212

  Brugger, Joël ^a,b   Meisser, Nicolas ^c   Ansermet, Stefan ^c   Krivovichev, Sergey V ^d   Kahlenberg, Volker ^e   Belton, David ^f   Ryan, Chris G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Inst Mineral Petrogr   (Switzerland)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Chile; Crystal structure; Leucostaurite; Mina Asunci n; New mineral; Sierra Gorda

Indexed keywords

BORON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; IONS; LANDFORMS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; LEUCOSTAURITE; NEW MINERAL; SIERRA GORDA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BASE METAL; BORATE; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEUCOSTAURITE; NEW MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 84864843609     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4082     Document Type: Article

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