Ab-initio synthesis and TEM confirmation of antigorite in the system MgO-SiO2-H2O

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 760-764

  Wunder, Bernd ^a   Baronnet, Alain ^b,c   Schreyer, Werner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CNRS Luminy   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MAGNESIA; OXIDE MINERALS; SERPENTINE; SILICA;

AB INITIO; ANTIGORITE; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERN; SINGLE PHASE; STOICHIOMETRIC MIXTURES; STRUCTURAL MODULATIONS; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS;

KAOLINITE;

ANTIGORITE; BRUCITE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; TALC; TEM;

EID: 0031461531     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-7-814     Document Type: Article

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