Synthetic Ag-rich tourmaline: Structure and chemistry

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-684

  London, David ^a   Ertl, Andreas ^b   Hughes, John M ^c   Morgan VI, George B ^a   Fritz, Eric A ^d   Harms, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Crystal synthesis; Silver; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSITS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SILVER HALIDES; SILVER OXIDES;

BOND-ANGLE DISTORTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; CRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; DETECTION LEVELS; IONIC RADIUS; PERALUMINOUS; POLYMETALLIC ORES; TOURMALINE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; SILVER; TOURMALINE;

EID: 33646445233     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1959     Document Type: Article

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