First reported sedimentary occurrence of berlinite (AlPO4) in phosphate-bearing sediments from Cioclovina Cave, Romania

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1395-1397

  Onac, Bogdan P ^a   White, William B ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAVES; IN SITU COMBUSTION; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

HEXAGONAL UNIT CELLS; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; ROMANIA; VARISCITE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

BERLINITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NEW RECORD; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT;

CIOCLOVINA CAVE; ROMANIA;

EID: 0141750354     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-925     Document Type: Article

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