Mineralogic study of the destabilization of Mexican opals;Estudio mineralógico de la desestabilización de ópalos mexicanos

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-400

  Aguilar Reyes, Bertha Oliva ^a   Ostrooumov, Mikhail ^b   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Destabilization; Molecular water; Opal; Raman spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646710105     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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