Crystal forms of borate minerals from the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 252-260

  Takada, Masayuki ^a   Kusachi, Isao ^b   Kishi, Shigetomo ^a   Tanabe, Mitsuo ^a   Yasuda, Takashi ^a  

^a Okayama University ^*  (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borate mineral; Crystal form; Crystalline limestone; Fuka; Skarn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845643791     PISSN: 1345630X     EISSN: 13497979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/gkk.34.252     Document Type: Article

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