Gorceixite, a singular product of replacement in fossil bones from the Bauru Basin, Brazil

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 945-950

  Coutinho, José M V ^a   Atencio, Daniel ^b   Coimbra, Armando M ^b   Fernandes, Luiz A ^c  

^a Inst Pesq Tecnologicas Estado S   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauru Basin; Brazil; Chemical composition; Fossil bone; Gorceixite; Mineralogy; Optics; Replacement; Structure

Indexed keywords

BONE; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE; REPLACEMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033371360     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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