New insights into the crystal chemistry of epididymite and eudidymite from Malosa, Malawi: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1158-1165

  Gatta, G Diego ^a,b   Rotiroti, N ^a,b   McIntyre, G J ^c   Guastoni, A ^d   Nestola, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Epididymite; Eudidymite; Hydrogen bonding; Single crystal neutron diffraction

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; BERYLLIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MOLECULES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; DIFFERENCE-FOURIER MAP; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMITE; EUDIDYMITE; EXTRA-FRAMEWORK CATIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NEUTRON DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DIMORPHA;

EID: 49549106183     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2965     Document Type: Article

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