Sulfur-selenium isomorphous substitution and morphotropic transition in the Ag3Au(Se,S)2 series

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 646-651

  Seryotkin, Yu V ^a,b   Pal'yanova, G A ^a   Savva, N E ^c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fischesserite; Morphotropic transition; Solid solution series Ag3Au(Se,S)2; Structural features; Uytenbogaardtite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; SELENIUM; SILVER; SOLID SOLUTION; SUBSTITUTION; SULFUR;

EID: 84878495260     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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