The occurrence of two rare polytypes of wurtzite, 4H and 8H, at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-778

  Chao, George Y ^a,c   Gault, Robert A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mont Saint Hilaire; Polytypes; Quebec; Wurtzite 4H; Wurtzite 8H; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

POLYTYPISM; SYENITE; WURTZITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032455449     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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