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Derivative structures based on the alunite octahedral sheet: mitridatite and englishite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Paul Brian Moore*
Affiliation:
Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

Summary

It is proposed that mitridatite and englishite contain octahedral sheets of the alunite type and that their formulae are [Ca6(H2O)3(PO4)2][Fe3(OH)6(PO4)(PO3OH)]3 and [K2Na(H2O)4Ca4·5 (PO3OH)3][Al3(OH)6(PO4)(PO3OH)]3 respectively.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1976

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References

Blount, (A. M.), 1974. Amer. Min. 59, 41.Google Scholar
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