Cation distribution in a Fe-bearing K-feldspar from Itrongay, Madagascar: A combined neutron- and X-ray single-crystal diffraction study

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-354

  Ackermann, Sonia ^a   Kunz, Martin ^b,c   Armbruster, Thomas ^d   Schefer, Jürg ^e   Hänni, Henry ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

K feldspars; Neutron diffraction; Single crystal X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; IRON; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; SILICON; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 33645760678     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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