Intergrown niobian rutile phases with Sc- and W-rich ferrocolumbite: An electron-microprobe and Rietveld study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 986-995

  Okrusch, Martin ^a   Hock, Rainer ^b   Schüssler, Ulrich ^a   Brummer, Amanda ^b   Baier, Markus ^b   Theisinger, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM METALLOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; TANTALUM METALLOGRAPHY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATES; GENERAL FORMULAS; INTER-GROWTHS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PRECURSOR PHASE; RUTILE PHASIS;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERROCOLUMBITE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; RUTILE;

DIETHENSDORF; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 0042629395     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-0706     Document Type: Article

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