The atomic arrangement of the ganophyllite-group modulated layer silicates as determined from the orthorhombic dimorph of tamaite, with the elusive 16.8 Å ganophyllite-group superstructure revealed

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1324-1330

  Hughes, John M ^a   Rakovan, John ^a   Bracco, Roberto ^b   Gunter, Mickey E ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ferrania Imaging Technologies   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATOMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOMETRY; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; SILICATES; SILICON;

ADJACENT LAYERS; ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; CHARGE BALANCES; GENERAL FORMULAS; MINING DISTRICT; NORTHERN APENNINES; STRUCTURAL MODULATIONS; TETRAHEDRAL SHEETS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GANOPHYLLITE; SILICATE; TAMAITE;

EID: 0141527279     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-915     Document Type: Article

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