Raman spectroscopy of opals: diagnostics and classification aids;Spectres Raman des opales: Aspect diagnostique et aide a la classification

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 899-908

  Ostrooumov, Mikhail ^a,d   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^b   Lasnier, Bernard ^c   Lefrant, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^c UFR des Sci et des Techniques   (France)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Opal; Raman spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; GEOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; OPAL; RAMAN BANDS; SHORT RANGE ORDERING; STRUCTURAL DATA; WAVE NUMBERS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

OPAL; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033380503     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/11/5/0899     Document Type: Article

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