Characterization of historical amphibole samples from the former vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana, U.S.A

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1043-1053

  Sanchez, Matthew S ^a   Gunter, Mickey E ^b   Dyar, M Darby ^c  

^a RJLee Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiboles; Asbestiform amphiboles; EPMA; Libby; Montana USA; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AMPHIBOLES; ASBESTIFORM AMPHIBOLES; LIBBY; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; MONTANA; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRIES;

SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; MINE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NOMENCLATURE; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENT; VERMICULITE;

LIBBY; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149300199     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1866     Document Type: Article

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