Structure refinement of natural non-metamict polycrase-(Y) from Zomba-Malosa complex, Malawi

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-10

  Johnsen, O ^a   Stahl K ^b   Petersen, O V ^a   Micheelsen, H I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crichtonite; Crystal structure; Euxenite (Y); Non metamict; Optical properties; Polycrase (Y); Zomba Malosa complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040033072     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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