Quantitative chemistry and compositional variability offluorine fibrous amphiboles from Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-74

  Mazziotti Tagliani, Simona ^a   Andreozzi, Giovanni B ^a,b   Bruni, Biagio M ^c   Gianfagna, Antonio ^a   Pacella, Alessandro ^a   Paoletti, Luigi ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biancavilla; Compositional variability; Fluorine fibrous amphiboles; Fluoro edenite

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649141844     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2009PM0004     Document Type: Article

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