Crystal chemical relationships in the tourmaline group: Structural constraints on chemical variability

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1054-1063

  Bosi, Ferdinando ^a   Lucchesi, Sergio ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Order disorder; Tourmalina; XRD data

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; EXPANSION; GEOMETRY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; SILICATE MINERALS;

BOND VALENCE MODEL; CHEMICAL RELATIONSHIPS; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; HEXAGONAL SYMMETRY; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; TOURMALINA; VACANCY CONTENT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

COMPRESSION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SYMMETRY; TOURMALINE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34547486864     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2370     Document Type: Article

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