Araphibole forensks: Using the composition of aniphiboles to determine their source, the libby, montana, example

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 837-840

  Gunter, Mickey E ^a   Sanchez, Matthew S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Amphibole asbestos; EPA; Libby; Montana; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DEPOSITS;

AMPHIBOLE; AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS; LIBBY; MONTANA; SEM-EDS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE; AMPHIBOLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERMICULITE;

LIBBY; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68549101710     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3224     Document Type: Article

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