Gorceixite from Catalão, Goiás, Brazil: Rietveld Crystal Structure Refinement

Gorceixite is an abundant aluminum phosphate in Brazilian laterite phosphate ores and is one of the most importantgangue minerals. Catalão I mine, Goiás, Brazil, one of the biggest phosphate mines in Brazil, contains great amounts ofgorceixite, whose structural formula, as suggested by microprobe an...

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Main Authors: Viviane Carillo Ferrari, Maria Cristina Motta de Toledo, Daniel Atencio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-10-01
Series:Geologia USP. Série Científica
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Online Access:http://ppegeo-local.igc.usp.br/pdf/guspsc/v7n2/02.pdf