The crystal chemistry of non-metamict pyrochlore-group minerals from Latium, Italy

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1367-1378

  Caprilli, Enrico ^a   Della Ventura, Giancarlo ^b   Williams, Terry C ^c   Parodi, Gian Carlo ^d   Tuccimei, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Back scattered electron images; Crystal chemistry; Electron microprobe data; Italy; Latium; Pyrochlore group minerals; Unit cell parameters

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MINERAL RESOURCES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BACK-SCATTERED-ELECTRON IMAGES; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE DATA; PYROCHLORE-GROUP MINERALS; UNIT-CELL PARAMETERS;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; PYROCHLORE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847007658     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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