Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Orlandi, Paolo ^a   Pasero, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allanite (La); Buca della Vena mine; Crystal structure; Electron microprobe data; Epidote group; Italy; Lanthanum; New mineral species; X ray powder data

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; EPIDOTE GROUP; ITALY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LANTHANUM; LIMESTONE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MINERALOGY;

ALLANITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MINERAL PROPERTY; NEW MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PLEOCHROISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

APENNINES; APUANE ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

DELLA;

EID: 33744819438     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.63     Document Type: Article

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