Modulated crystal structures of greenalite and caryopilite: A system with long-range, in-plane structural disorder in the tetrahedra sheet

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-179

  Guggenheim, Stephen ^a   Eggleton, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caryopilite; Electron diffraction; Fourier synthesis of disordered structures; Greenalite; Modulated structures; Phyllosilicates; Polytypism; Serpentines; Superstructure

Indexed keywords

CARYOPILITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GREENALITE; SERPENTINE;

EID: 0031695610     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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