Nanostructures and microinfrared behavior of black opal from Gracias, Honduras

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Viti, Cecilia ^a   Gemmi, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Black opal; Electron microscopy; IR spectroscopy; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PLEOCHROISM; SILICA; ZONING;

HONDURAS; LEMPIRA;

EID: 76249124323     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2009/0142     Document Type: Article

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