P4/n and P4nc long-range ordering in low-temperature vesuvianites

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 563-569

  Armbruster, Thomas ^a   Gnos, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DIFFRACTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE;

CENTROSYMMETRIC; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORDER PATTERNS; PYRAMIDAL COORDINATION; SPACE GROUPS; SQUARE PYRAMID; X-RAY SINGLE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; VESUVIANITE;

KALAHARI; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034012088     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0418     Document Type: Article

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