Characteristics and origin of agates in sedimentary rocks from the Dryhead area, Montana, USA

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-690

  Gotze J ^a   Mockel R ^a   Kempe, U ^a   Kapitonov, I ^b   Vennemann, T ^c  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agate; CL; Oxygen isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGATE; ANALYTICAL DATA; CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH DEFECT DENSITIES; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LA-ICP-MS; MACROCRYSTALLINE; MONTANA; MONTANA , USA; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; SECTOR ZONING; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-PURIFICATION; SEM; SILICA SOURCES; XRD;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHALCEDONY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 70450196163     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.4.673     Document Type: Article

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