Crystal-chemical and carbon-isotopic characteristics of karpatite (C24H12) from the Picacho Peak Area, San Benito County, California: Evidences for the hydrothermal formation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1262-1269

  Echigo, Takuya ^a   Kimata, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Maruoka, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronene; Crystal structure; DTA; IR spectroscopy; Karpatite; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Raman spectroscopy; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; ATOMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERAL OILS; MOLECULES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROMETERS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CORONENE; KARPATITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD; STABLE ISOTOPES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849113207     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2509     Document Type: Article

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