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Chopinite, [(Mg,Fe)(3)square](PO4)(2), a new mineral isostructural with sarcopside, from a fluorapatite segregation in granulite-facies paragneiss, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Date

2007

Authors

Grew, ES
Armbruster, Thomas
Medenbach, O.
Yates, M.G.
Carson, Christopher

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Volume Title

Publisher

E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung

Abstract

Chopinite, the Mg-dominant analogue of sarcopside, is a new mineral corresponding to synthetic Mg3(PO4)2- II, a high-pressure polymorph of the meteoritic mineral farringtonite. A representative electron-microprobe analysis is SiO2 0.32, P2O5 47.32, Al2O3

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Keywords

Keywords: anatexis; chopinite; crystal structure; electron probe analysis; granulite facies; mineral property; new mineral; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Prydz Bay Anatexis; Antarctica; Crystal structure; Electron microprobe; Granulite facies; Larsemann Hills; New mineral; Phosphate

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39936

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

European Journal of Mineralogy

Type

Journal article

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DOI

10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1712

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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