Modularity, polytypism, topology, and complexity of crystal structures of inorganic compounds

SM Aksenov, DO Charkin, AM Banaru… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Springer
The modular approach is a powerful tool in current inorganic crystal chemistry. It enables not
only a more detailed analysis of the known structures and the determination of structural …

How many boron minerals occur in Earth's upper crust?

ES Grew, G Hystad, RM Hazen, SV Krivovichev… - American …, 2017 - degruyter.com
The current rate of discovery of new boron minerals (65 species or potential species
described from 2008 to 2017) is higher than at any prior 10 year period, implying that rates …

On the chemical identification and classification of minerals

F Bosi, C Biagioni, R Oberti - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
To univocally identify mineral species on the basis of their formula, the IMA-CNMNC
recommends the use of the dominant-valency rule and/or the site-total-charge approach …

A structure hierarchy for silicate minerals: sheet silicates

FC Hawthorne, YA Uvarova… - Mineralogical …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The structure hierarchy hypothesis states that structures may be ordered hierarchically
according to the polymerisation of coordination polyhedra of higher bond-valence. A …

Hydroxylherderite (Ca2Be2P2O8(OH)2) stability under extreme conditions (up to 750°C/100 GPa)

L Gorelova, O Vereshchagin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hydroxylherderite, Ca2Be2P2O8 (OH) 2, is among the most common
beryllophosphates in nature and could play a substantial role in Be geochemical cycle …

The new mineral cuprozheshengite, Pb4CuZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2, from Yunnan, China, with site-selective As-P substitution

N Sun, IE Grey, G Li, C Rewitzer… - American …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Cuprozheshengite, Pb4CuZn2 (AsO4) 2 (PO4) 2 (OH) 2, is a new mineral species
from Yunnan, China. It occurs as sub-millimeter greenish-blue hemispherical aggregates of …

Gadolinium-dominant monazite and xenotime: Selective hydrothermal enrichment of middle REE during low-temperature alteration of uraninite, brannerite, and …

M Ondrejka, P Uher, Š Ferenc, S Milovská… - American …, 2023 - degruyter.com
A hydrothermal quartz vein with REE-U-Au mineralization in the Zimná Voda (Gemeric Unit,
Western Carpathians, Slovakia) is associated with contact metamorphism between Permian …

Gadolinite-(Nd), a new member of the gadolinite supergroup from Fe-REE deposits of Bastnäs-type, Sweden

R Škoda, J Plášil, R Čopjaková, M Novák… - Mineralogical …, 2018 - cambridge.org
A new member of the gadolinite supergroup, gadolinite-(Nd), IMA2016-013, ideally
Nd2FeBe2Si2O10, was found in the Malmkärra mine,~ 3.5 km WSW of Norberg, south …

Pentacoordinated silicon in the high-pressure modification of datolite, CaBSiO 4 (OH)

LA Gorelova, AS Pakhomova, G Aprilis… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A new modification of borosilicate datolite, CaBSiO4 (OH), has been discovered using
synchrotron-based in situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The phase transition …

High-temperature crystal chemistry of layered calcium borosilicates: CaBSiO4(OH) (datolite), Ca4B5Si3O15(OH)5 ('bakerite') and Ca2B2SiO7 (synthetic …

MG Krzhizhanovskaya, LA Gorelova… - Physics and Chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
The high-temperature behaviour of three Ca borosilicates has been studied by in situ
powder high-temperature X-ray diffraction (HTXRD), differential scanning calorimetry and …