The crystal-chemistry of holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints in BLi amphiboles

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1167-1176

  Cámara, Fernando ^a   Oberti, Roberta ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SODIUM ALLOYS;

AMPHIBOLE COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL CONSTRAINTS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CRYSTAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMICAL FORMULA; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBOLE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

ADRIANA; DELLA;

EID: 17644380769     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1793     Document Type: Article

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