Xonotlite in rodingite assemblages from the Ronda peridotites, Betic Cordilleras, Southern Spain

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Esteban, José Julián ^a   Cuevas, Julia ^a   Tubía, José M ^a   Yusta, Inaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordilleras; Chemical data; Hydrogrossular; M laga; Polytypes; Powder diffraction data; Rodingite; Rodingitization; Ronda peridotites; Spain; Xonotlite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ROCK BOLTING; SERPENTINE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACICULAR GRAINS; TABULAR GRAINS;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERIDOTITE; POLYTYPISM; RODINGITE; XONOTLITE;

BETIC CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 0038364107     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.161     Document Type: Article

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