Prediction of crystal morphology of complex uranyl-sheet minerals. II. Observations

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1651-1666

  Schindler, Michael ^a,b   Mutter, Andreas ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^b   Putnis, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bond valence; Crystal growth; Dissolution; Morphology; Surface structure; Uranyl minerals

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE IONS; TOPOLOGY;

BASAL FACES; BOND-VALENCE DEFICIENCY; INTERSTITIAL CATIONS; SCHOEPITE;

URANATE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION;

EID: 15044354399     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1651     Document Type: Article

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