Does antigorite really contain 4- and 8-membered rings of tetrahedra?

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1831-1838

  Dódony, István ^a,b   Pósfai, Mihály ^c   Buseck, Peter R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Crystal structure; Electron diffraction; HRTEM; Image processing; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; KAOLINITE; SERPENTINE;

8-MEMBERED RING; ANTIGORITE; HRTEM; HRTEM IMAGES; TETRAHEDRAL SHEETS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ANTIGORITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORIENTATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33845268462     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1971     Document Type: Article

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