Optical data on minerals of the eudialyte group: Discussion of the eucolite-mesodialyte-eudialyte terminology

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 1997, Pages 371-383

  Johnsen, O ^a   Petersen, O V ^a   Gault, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eucolite; Eudialyte; Kentbrooksite; Mesodialyte; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502689     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njmm/1997/1997/371     Document Type: Article

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