Relationship between nanostructure and optical absorption in fibrous pink opals from Mexico and Peru

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 743-751

  Fritsch, Emmanuel ^a   Gaillou, Eloïse ^a,b   Ostroumov, Mikhail ^c   Rondeau, Benjamin ^d   Devouard, Bertrand ^e   Barreau, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Opal; Optical absorption; Palygorskite; Raman; TEM

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES; QUINONE; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; ME-XICO; MINIMUM DIAMETERS; OPAL; PALYGORSKITES; PHYLLOSILICATE; RAMAN; VOLCANIC REGION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OPAL; PALYGORSKITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7744224700     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0743     Document Type: Article

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