Metamorphic effects on agate found near the Shap granite, Cumbria, England: As demonstrated by petrography, X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-476

  Moxon, T ^a   Reed, S J B ^b   Zhang, M ^b  

^a University of Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agate; Cathodoluminescence; Chalcedony; IR; Moganite; Raman; XRD

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GRANITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PETROGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EMISSION BAND; MOGANITE;

MINERALOGY;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHALCEDONY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; HOST ROCK; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERAL PROPERTY; PETROGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749115028     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.4.461     Document Type: Article

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