Composition, stability, and structure of a new member of the aenigmatite group, Na2Mg(4+x)Fe(2-2x)3+Si(6+x)O20, synthesized at 13-14 GPa

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-266

  Gasparik, Tibor ^a   Parise, John B ^a   Reeder, Richard J ^a   Young, Victor G ^b   Wilford, Wendy S ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; STABILITY;

AREA DETECTORS; CLINOPYROXENES; COUPLED SUBSTITUTION; DEEP MANTLES; ISOSTRUCTURAL; TRANSITION ZONES; TWINNED CRYSTALS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

X RAY DETECTORS;

AENIGMATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY;

EID: 0032986740     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0306     Document Type: Article

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