Structural and chemical contrasts between prismatic and fibrous fluoro-edenite from Biancavilla, Sicily, Italy

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-262

  Gianfagna, Antonio ^a   Andreozzi, Giovanni B ^a   Ballirano, Paolo ^a   Mazziotti Tagliani, Simona ^a   Bruni, Biagio M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biancavilla; Crystal chemistry; EDS micro analyses; Etna volcano; Fibrous Ca amphiboles; Fluoro edenite; Italy; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Rietveld method

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIBROUS MORPHOLOGY; FLUORO-EDENITE; MINERAL FIBERS; PRISMATIC MORPHOLY;

MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EDENITE; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34249785371     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.249     Document Type: Article

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