Zirconolite with significant REEZrNb(Mn,Fe)O7 from a xenolith of the Laacher See eruptive center, Eifel volcanic region, Germany

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Della Ventura, Giancarlo Della ^a   Bellatreccia, Fabio ^b   Williams, C Terry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Eifel volcanic region; Germany; Laacher See eruptive center; Monazite (La); Unit cell parameters; Zirconolite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LAACHER SEE TEPHRA; NEW RECORD; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; ZIRCONOLITE;

EIFEL; GERMANY;

EID: 0034053705     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.57     Document Type: Article

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