Franckeite and cylindrite of franckite mineral group were examined in the transmission electron microscope. Selected-area electron diffraction indicated that in the structure exists a long period, belonging to an inco...Franckeite and cylindrite of franckite mineral group were examined in the transmission electron microscope. Selected-area electron diffraction indicated that in the structure exists a long period, belonging to an incommensurate modulation period. The incommensurate modulation in this kind of minerals results from sine undular structure sheets. The excellent correspondence between high resolution simulated computer image and observed image was obtained on the basis of the structure of franckeite and cylindrite which was put forward in this paper. First, the fact that in the structures of franckeite and cylindrite exist two kinds of structure sheets whose lattices are different has been proved by experiment, i. e. false tetragonal symmetrical galena structure sheets（t sheets）and false hexagonal SnS<sub>2</sub> sheets（h sheets）. The two kinds of sheets are packed in order of htht…展开更多
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文摘Franckeite and cylindrite of franckite mineral group were examined in the transmission electron microscope. Selected-area electron diffraction indicated that in the structure exists a long period, belonging to an incommensurate modulation period. The incommensurate modulation in this kind of minerals results from sine undular structure sheets. The excellent correspondence between high resolution simulated computer image and observed image was obtained on the basis of the structure of franckeite and cylindrite which was put forward in this paper. First, the fact that in the structures of franckeite and cylindrite exist two kinds of structure sheets whose lattices are different has been proved by experiment, i. e. false tetragonal symmetrical galena structure sheets（t sheets）and false hexagonal SnS<sub>2</sub> sheets（h sheets）. The two kinds of sheets are packed in order of htht…
