Structural state of microcrystalline opals: A Raman spectroscopic study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1325-1333

  Ilieva, Albena ^a   Mihailova, Boriana ^b   Tsintsov, Zdravko ^a   Petrov, Ognyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cristobalite; Lepispheres; Opal; Raman spectroscopy; Tridymite

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MICROCRYSTALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CRISTOBALITES; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; LEPISPHERES; OPAL; RAMAN MICRO SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; RELATIVE INTENSITY; TRIDYMITE;

SILICA;

CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OPAL; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRIDYMITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849134098     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2482     Document Type: Article

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