Boralsilite, Al16B6Si2O37, and "boron-mullite:" Compositional variations and associated phases in experiment and nature

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 283-299

  Grew, Edward S ^a   Graetsch, Heribert A ^b   Pöter, Birgit ^b   Yates, Martin G ^a   Buick, Ian ^c   Bernhardt, Heinz Jürgen ^b   Schreyer, Werner ^b   Werding, Günter ^b   Carson, Christopher J ^c   Clarke, Geoffrey L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

"boron mullite"; Almgjotheii; Antarctica; Boralsilite; Boron; Electron microprobe; Larsemann Hills; Norway; Pegmatite; Rietveld refinement; Werdingite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BORON; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRANITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MULLITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

ALMGJOTHEII; ANTARCTICA; BORALSILITE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; LARSEMANN HILLS; NORWAY; PEGMATITE; WERDINGITE;

SILICON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GEL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PORCELLANITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERAL; SOLID SOLUTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LARSEMANN HILLS; MOUNT STAFFORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; NORWAY; PRYDZ BAY; ROGALAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 41649097213     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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