Eliminating closure in mineral formulae with specific application to amphiboles

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 790-806

  Young, E D ^a   Virgo, D ^b   Popp, R K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Geophysical Laboratory   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SITES; IONIC ABUNDANCE; IONIC SUBSTITUTIONS; MINERAL CHEMICALS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR SPECIES; NATURALLY OCCURRING;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

AMPHIBOLE; CLOSURE ELIMINATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031473684     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-7-818     Document Type: Article

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