Si, Al ordering in the double-ring silicate armenite, BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2H2O: A single-crystal X-ray and 29Si MAS NMR study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 92-101

  Armbruster, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATES; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

ACENTRIC SPACE GROUPS; AREA DETECTORS; HOMOGENEOUS DOMAIN; INTENSITY RATIO; OH- ABSORPTION; POLARIZED IR SPECTRA; QUEBEC , CANADA; X-RAY SINGLE CRYSTAL;

ALUMINUM;

ARMENITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032966758     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-1-210     Document Type: Article

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