Crystallization behaviour of the (Mn,Ca)CO3 solid solution in silica gel: Nucleation, growth and zoning phenomena

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-284

  Katsikopoulos, D ^a   Fernandez Gonzalez A ^a   Priet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcite; Concentric zoning; Rhodochrosite; Solid solution; Supersaturation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; CONCENTRIC ZONING; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOURS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; IN-DIFFUSION; MN CONTENT; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; RHODOCHROSITE; SOLID-PHASE; THERMODYNAMIC FACTORS;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; ORE TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUTIONS; SUPERSATURATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZONING;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; NUCLEATION; PARTITIONING; RHODOCHROSITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SUPERSATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; ZONING;

EID: 70249133370     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.2.269     Document Type: Article

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