Genetic evolution of nanocrystalline Fe oxide and oxyhydroxide assemblages from the Libiola mine (eastern Liguria, Italy): Structural and microstructural investigations

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 785-795

  Carbone, Cristina ^a   di Benedetto, Francesco ^b   Marescotti, Pietro ^a   Martinelli, Alberto ^c   Sangregorio, Claudio ^b   Cipriani, Curzio ^b   Lucchetti, Gabriella ^a   Romanelli, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Innovative and Artificial Materials Genoa   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARD; Goethite; Hematite; Spectroscopy; TEM

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; HEMATITE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHASE COMPOSITION; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACICULAR CRYSTALS; ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; EVOLUTION PROCESS; GENETIC EVOLUTION; GOETHITE; MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; TEM OBSERVATIONS;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

GOETHITE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINE; MINERALOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27344447982     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0785     Document Type: Article

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