Common gem opal: An investigation of micro- to nano-structure

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1865-1873

  Gaillou, Eloïse ^a,b   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^a   Aguilar Reyes, Bertha ^c   Rondeau, Benjamin ^a   Post, Jeffrey ^b   Barreau, Alain ^a   Ostroumov, Mikhail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Common opal; Nanograin; Opal A; Opal CT; SEM; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SPHERES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEXTURES;

COMMON OPAL; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; LATE STAGE; NANO GRAIN STRUCTURE; NANO GRAINS; OPAL-A; RADIAL STRUCTURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

GEMSTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE;

EID: 58049100145     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2518     Document Type: Article

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