An infrared spectroscopic study of the basic copper phosphate minerals: Cornetite, libethenite, and pseudomalachite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Martens, Wayde ^a   Frost, Ray L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCE; COPPER PHOSPHATE; INFRARED EMISSION SPECTRUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LIBETHENITE; OH STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; CORNETITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIBETHENITE; MALACHITE; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE;

EID: 0037217391     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-0105     Document Type: Article

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