The co-precipitation of Fe3+ and SiO2 and its role in agate genesis

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-36

  Moxon, T J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agate; Genesis; Iron (III) hydroxide; Opal A; Opal CT; Precipitation; Silica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030546691     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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