Micro- and nanoscale graphite cones and tubes from Hackman Valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Jaszczak, John A ^a   Dimovski, Svetlana ^b,c   Hackney, Stephen A ^d   Robinson, George W ^d   Bosio, Paolo ^e   Gogotsi, Yury ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Crystal morphology; Electron microscopy; Graphite; Khibiny massif; Raman spectroscopy; Russia; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FELDSPAR; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ROLLED GRAPHITIC STRUCTURES; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

GRAPHITE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAPHITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAGENESIS; PEGMATITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EURASIA; KHIBINY MASSIF; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34249846626     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.379     Document Type: Article

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