Native aluminum: Does it exist?

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1283-1286

  Dekov, Vesselin M ^a   Arnaudov, Vasil ^b   Munnik, Frans ^c   Boycheva, Tanya B ^a   Fiore, Saverio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desilication; Native Al; Pegmatite; Reduction; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GRANITE; MAGNESITE; MICA; REDUCTION;

BIO REDUCTIONS; DESILICATION; GENETIC MODELS; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; PEGMATITE; RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC BODY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; HOST ROCK; PEGMATITE; PHLOGOPITE; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 76649091950     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3236     Document Type: Article

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