A Rietveld and infrared study of synthetic amphiboles along the potassium-richterite-tremolite join

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 708-716

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Della Ventura, Giancarlo ^b   Robert, Jean Louis ^c   Welch, Mark D ^d   Raudsepp, Mati ^e   Jenkins, David M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODAL ANALYSIS; MOLAR RATIO; POTASSIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE COMPOSITIONS; INFRARED SPECTRUM; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PRODUCT COMPOSITION; RIETVELD STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; SYNTHETIC AMPHIBOLES;

RIETVELD REFINEMENT;

EID: 0001107091     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-7-808     Document Type: Article

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