Mineralogical Magazine; April 2004; v. 68; no. 2;
p. 231-240; DOI: 10.1180/0026461046820183
© 2004 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Petewilliamsite, (Ni,Co)30(As2O7)15, a new mineral from Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany: description and crystal structure
A. C. Roberts1,*,
P. C. Burns2,
R. A. Gault3,
A. J. Criddle4 and
M. N. Feinglos5
1 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada
2 Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, 156 Fitzpatrick, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 465560767, USA
3 Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada
4 Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
5 Box 3921, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA

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FIG. 1. SEM image of a portion of a petewilliamsite aggregate. Note the rounded nature of the crystal faces.
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FIG. 2 (a,b). Polyhedral representations of the structure of Ni2(As2O7) (Buckley et al., 1990). NiO6 octahedra are shaded with parallel lines, and arsenate tetrahedra are shaded solid grey.
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FIG. 3. Polyhedral representation of the structure of petewilliamsite. MOn polyhedra are shaded with parallel lines, and arsenate tetrahedra are shaded solid grey.
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