The atomic arrangement of merrillite from the Fra Mauro Formation, Apollo 14 lunar mission: The first structure of merrillite from the Moon

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1547-1552

  Hughes, John M ^a,d   Jolliff, Bradley L ^b   Gunter, Mickey E ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic arrangement; Chemistry; Merrillite; Moon

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN; LUNAR MISSIONS; MOON; MOON BASES; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DETECTORS;

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; INTERSTITIAL COMPLEXES; MERRILLITE; STRUCTURE SOLUTIONS; TETRAHEDRAL GROUPS; TETRAHEDRAL SUBSTITUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LUNAR METEORITE; MOON; PHOSPHATE GROUP; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33845614877     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2021     Document Type: Article

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