Another look at nagyágite from the type locality, Sǎcǎrǐmb, Romania: Replacement, chemical variation and petrogenetic implications

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 273-307

  Ciobanu, Cristiana L ^a,b   Cook, N J ^c   Pring, A ^a,b   Damian, G ^d   Capraru N ^e  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^e NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; FAULT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBSTITUTION; TELLURIDE;

EID: 47649133337     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-007-0220-6     Document Type: Article

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