Crystallographic texture of the magnetite-hematite transformation: Evidence for topotactic relationships in natural samples from Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Barbosa, Paola Ferreira ^a   Lagoeiro, Leonardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetite, hematite, mineral transformation, electron backscatter diffraction (ebsd), banded iron formation (bif)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MAGNETITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; MAGNETITE CRYSTALS; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OCTAHEDRAL PLANES; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

HEMATITE;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FOLIATION; HEMATITE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNETITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO;

EID: 77249094733     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3201     Document Type: Article

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