Fluorcaphite, a second occurence and detailed structural analysis: Simultaneous accommodation of Ca, Sr, Na, and LREE in the apatite atomic arrangement

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 735-746

  Chakhmouradian, Anton R ^a   Hughes, John M ^b   Rakovan, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albitite; Apatite; Crystal structure; Dissymmetrization; Fluorcaphite; Khibina; Kola Peninsula; Lovozero; Russia

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZONING;

EUHEDRAL PRISMATIC CRYSTALS; FLUORCAPHITE; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (LREE); SPACE-GROUP ANALYSIS;

ROCKS;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORCAPHITE;

KOLA;

EID: 21944446707     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.735     Document Type: Article

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