Site preference and local geometry of Sc in garnets: Part II. The crystal-chemistry of octahedral Sc in the andradite - Ca3Sc2Si3O12 join

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1240-1248

  Quartieri, Simona ^a   Oberti, Roberta ^b   Boiocchi, Massimo ^c   Dalconi, Maria Chiara ^a,d   Boscherini, Federico ^e   Safonova, Olga ^f   Woodland, Alan B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Crytal synthesis; Garnet; Scandium; Trace elements and REE; XAS; XRD data

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM SILICATE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GARNETS; GEOMETRY; SILICON; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GROSSULAR; LOCAL COORDINATION; LOCAL GEOMETRY; MULTI-TECHNIQUE APPROACH; MULTIPLE CHANGES; SITE PREFERENCES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; UNIT CELLS;

SCANDIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GARNET; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCANDIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748573161     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2038     Document Type: Article

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