The hydroxylated nickel carbonates otwayite and paraotwayite - A SEM, EDX and vibrational spectroscopic study

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-116

  Frost, Ray L ^a   Weier, Matt L ^a   Martens, Wayde N ^a   Mills, Stuart J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gaspeite; Nickel carbonate; Otwayite; Raman and infrared spectroscopy; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE GROUP; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NICKEL; PARAGENESIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33751562103     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2006/0062     Document Type: Article

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