Boromullite, Al2BSi2O19, a new mineral from granulite-facies metapelites, Mount Stafford, central Australia: A natural analogue of a synthetic "boron-mullite"

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 935-950

  Buick, Ian S ^a   Grew, Edward S ^b   Armbruster, Thomas ^c   Medenbach, Olaf ^d   Yates, Martin G ^b   Bebout, Gray E ^e   Clarke, Geoffrey L ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Australia; Boromullite; Boron; Crystal structure; Electron microprobe; Granulite facies; New mineral

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BORON; CALCIUM OXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICA; MULLITE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PRISMS; SILICA; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCON;

ANATEXIS; AUSTRALIA; BOROMULLITE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; GRANULITE FACIES; NEW MINERAL;

SILICON;

BOROMULLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; METAPELITE; NEW MINERAL; SILICATE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYMMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 56849105975     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1809     Document Type: Article

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