Crystallite growth kinetics in nanocrystalline quartz (agate and chalcedony)

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-568

  Moxon, T ^a   Carpenter, M A ^b  

^a University of Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agate; Chalcedony; Crystallite growth; Moganite; XRD; Zener pinning

Indexed keywords

COARSENING KINETICS; CRYSTALLITE GROWTH; EARTH SURFACE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERMAL GROWTH; NANO-CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ; PRESENCE OF WATER; RATE LAWS; SIMILAR PATTERN; WATER VAPOUR; XRD; ZENER-PINNING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COARSENING; GALLIUM; GROWTH KINETICS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RATE CONSTANTS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE;

CHALCEDONY; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERAL; TRANSFORMATION; WATER VAPOR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 70450199098     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.4.551     Document Type: Article

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