The crystal chemistry of holtite

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1033-1050

  Groat, L A ^a   Grew, E S ^b   Evans, R J ^a   Pieczka, A ^c   Ercit, T S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Discontinued; Dumortierite; Holtite; Kola Peninsula; Lower Silesia; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; ANION COMPOSITION; CATION ORDERING; CHARGE BALANCES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SITES; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE COMPOSITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; FTIR; HOLTITE; KOLA PENINSULA; LOWER SILESIA; SINGLE-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TIO; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; X-RAY REFINEMENT;

ALUMINUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRANITE; METAL REFINING; POSITIVE IONS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY; TANTALUM;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERAL; SILICON;

AUSTRALIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77149156623     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.6.1033     Document Type: Article

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