thiospinel

thiospinel

[¦thī·ō·spə′nel]
(mineralogy)
Any mineral with the spinel structure having the general formula AR2S4.
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Although the anion is normally oxygen, the analogous thiospinel structure includes the rest of the chalcogenides.
Structural, optical, and magnetic characterization of spinel zinc chromite nanocrystallines synthesised by thermal treatment method
Associated minerals are: actinolite, clinochlore, chromite, vysotskite, zvyagintsevite, cuprorhodsite-ferrorhodsite-malanite, laurite-erlichmanite, irarsite, keithconnite, Pb-Pd-rich thiospinels of Cu, Fe, Rh and Ir, unnamed [Pd.sub.9][PbO.sub.10] and Rh[(Ni,Fe,Cu).sub.2][S.sub.3], palladian gold, chalcopyrite, bornite and millerite.
Abstracts of new mineral descriptions
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