C2/c pyroxene from two alkaline sodic suites (Western Ross Embayment - Antarctica): Crystal chemical characterization and its petrologic significance

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-439

  Salviulo, Gabriella ^a   Secco, Luciano ^a   Antonini, Paolo ^b   Piccirillo, Enzo Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clinopyroxene; Site occupancy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SITE OCCUPANCY; XRD;

ANTARCTICA, MOUNT MELBOURNE;

EID: 0030703216     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.406.08     Document Type: Article

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