Exsolution in niobian rutile from the pegmatite deposit at Greenbushes, Australia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1859-1870

  Klementová, Mariana ^a,b   Rieder, Milan ^a,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Exsolution process; Ferrocolumbite; Granitic pegmatite; Greenbushes, Australia; Ixiolite; Optimal phase boundary; Rutile

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LAMELLAE; RUTILE PHASE; STRUCTURAL ORIENTATIONS; SUPERCELLS;

NIOBIUM DEPOSITS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXSOLUTION; PEGMATITE; RUTILE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 15044365379     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1859     Document Type: Article

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