Crystal chemistry of leucite from the Roman Comagmatic Province (central Italy): A multi-methodological study

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 671-682

  Gatta, G Diego ^a,b   Rotiroti, N ^a,b   Bellatreccia, F ^c   Della Ventura, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; FTIR spectroscopy; Leucite; Single crystal X ray diffraction; Structurally incorporated water; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROANALYSIS; POWDERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL ITALY; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEUCITE; SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SPACE GROUP; STRUCTURALLY INCORPORATED WATER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROUS MINERAL; LEUCITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWINNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49749131214     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.6.671     Document Type: Article

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