Coexistence of twisted and untwisted crystals: An impurity/structural order model with implications for agate patterns

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1952-1957

  Comer, J ^a   Ortoleva, P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agate; Agate banding; Free energy model; Phase separation; Quartz fibers; Self organization; Twisted crystals; Twisted untwisted crystal equilibria

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALS; FREE ENERGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; QUARTZ; TEXTURES;

AGATE; AGATE BANDING; FREE-ENERGY MODEL; QUARTZ FIBERS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; TWISTED/UNTWISTED CRYSTAL EQUILIBRIA;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROSTATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SEPARATION; TEXTURE;

EID: 37149032495     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2547     Document Type: Article

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