Bobmeyerite, a new mineral from Tiger, Arizona, USA, structurally related to cerchiaraite and ashburtonite

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Kampf, A R ^a   Pluth, J J ^b   Chen, Y S ^b   Roberts, A C ^c   Housley, R M ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Ashburtonite; Bobmeyerite; Cerchiaraite; Crystal structure; Cyclosilicate; Electron microprobe analysis; IR spectroscopy; Mammoth Saint Anthony mine; New mineral; Pb2+ 6s 2 lone electron pair; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; ASHBURTONITE; BOBMEYERITE; CERCHIARAITE; CYCLOSILICATE; LONE ELECTRON PAIR; NEW MINERAL; TIGER;

ATOMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICON;

O RINGS;

BOBMEYERITE; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLOSILICATE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEW MINERAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879608025     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.08     Document Type: Article

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