Optical properties of C2/c pyroxenes: A point-dipole explanation

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 595-603

  Abbott Jr , Richard N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxenes; Electronic polarizabilities; Optical properties; Point dipole theory

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POINT DIPOLE THEORY; POLARIZABILITY; PYROXENE;

EID: 0030302357     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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