multiple oxide

mineralogy

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structure and properties

  • Cuprite
    In oxide mineral

    …grouped as simple oxides and multiple oxides. Simple oxides are a combination of one metal or semimetal and oxygen, whereas multiple oxides have two nonequivalent metal sites. The oxide structures are usually based on cubic or hexagonal close-packing of oxygen atoms with the octahedral or tetrahedral sites (or both) occupied…

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  • azurite
    In mineral: Oxides and hydroxides

    …sites (X and Y) characterize multiple oxides, which have the form XY2O4.

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