Optical, compositional, morphological, and x-ray data on eleven particles of amphibole from Libby, Montana, U.S.A

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1241-1253

  Bandli, Bryan R ^a   Gunter, Mickey E ^a   Twamley, Brendan ^a   Foit Jr , Franklin F ^b   Cornelius, Scott B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole asbestos; Crystal morphology; Electron microprobe analysis; Libby; Montana; Optical properties; Winchite

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALS; MINES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

X-RAY REFLECTIONS;

MINERALOGY;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

LIBBY; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742302332     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1241     Document Type: Article

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