Phase transitions in the series boracite - Trembathite - Congolite: Phase relations

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 881-892

  Burns, Peter C ^a,b   Carpenter, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boracite; Congolite; Mineral physics; Phase relations; Phase transition; Solid solution; Trembathite

Indexed keywords

BORACITE; CONGOLITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID SOLUTION; TREMBATHITE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, SUSSEX;

EID: 0030426556     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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