A new anhydrous amphibole from the Eifel region, Germany: Description and crystal structure of obertiite, NaNa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti4+)Si 8O22O2

American Mineralogist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 236-241

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a,b,c   Cooper, Mark A ^a   Grice, Joel D ^a   Ottolini, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM OXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEMATITE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE OXIDE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZINC OXIDE;

BOND VALENCES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; IN-PLANE POLARIZED LIGHT; NEW AMPHIBOLES; POWDER PATTERNS; X RAY INTENSITY;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMPHIBOLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EIFEL; GERMANY;

EID: 0034028564     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2000-0124     Document Type: Article

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