Germanium, gallium and indium are in high demand due to their growing usage in high-tech
and green-tech applications. However, the mineralogy and the mechanisms of concentration …

Abstract The Dulong Sn polymetallic deposit is located in the SE Yunnan-West Guangxi ore
province, and represents one of the three largest cassiterite-sulfide deposits in China. The …

White lead or basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3· Pb (OH) 2, the synthetic analogue of
hydrocerussite Pb3 (OH) 2 (CO3) 2, has been known since antiquity as the most frequently …

Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the molecular structure of different natural
minerals of the alunite supergroup (AB3 (XO4) 2 (OH) 6), with A= K+, Na+, Ca2+, Sr2+ …

Aleutite, ideally [Cu5O2](AsO4)(VO4)·(Cu0. 5□ 0.5) Cl, was found in the Yadovitaya
fumarole of the Second scoria cone of the Great Fissure Tolbachik eruption, Kamchatka …

The Distortion Theorem implies that the irregularity of bond distances in a distorted
coordination polyhedron causes an increase of mean bond distance. Examination of 40 …

Plumbogummite PbAl3 (PO4) 2 (OH, H2O) 6 is a mineral of environmental significance and
is a member of the alunite-jarosite supergroup. The molecular structure of the mineral has …

Abstract Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. Most
of the mining on Otto Mountain occurred between 1940 and 1970 and is attributed to Otto …

Rich samples of supergene Pb minerals (pyromorphite, kintoreite and cerussite) were found
at the historical Ag-Pb-Zn deposit Ratibořské Hory near Tábor (southern Bohemia, Czech …

An interesting phosphate mineral assemblage was found at several sites close to the
Líštěnec village near Votice (central Bohemia, Czech Republic). Recently defined …