Crystal chemistry of Cr-spinels from a suite of spinel peridotite mantle xenoliths from the Predazzo Area (Dolomites, Northern Italy)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-688

  Carraro, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cr spinel; Crystal chemistry; Dolomites; Intra crystalline temperature; NE Italy

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CATION DISTRIBUTIONS; CLOSURE TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLINE TEMPERATURE; DOLOMITES; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL; XENOLITH;

DOLOMITES; ITALY;

EID: 0041926329     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0681     Document Type: Article

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