Morphological characterization of Libby "six-mix" amphiboles used in in vivo studies

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Bellamy, Jennifer M ^a   Gunter, Mickey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Amphibole morphology; Libby; Montana

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849108468     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2008PM0015     Document Type: Article

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