The fulgurite of Torre de Moncorvo (Portugal): Description and analysis of the glass

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-794

  Crespo, Tomas Martin ^a   Fernandez, Rafael P Lozano ^b   Laguna, Ruth Gonzalez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cristobalite; Fulgurite; Glass; Lightning

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOCHEMISTRY; LIGHTNING; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

ALUMINOSILICATE MATERIALS; CONCOIDAL FRACTURE; CRISTOBALITES; FULGURITE; POINT OF CONTACT; PROTOLITHS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; SMALL ELECTRICITIES;

GLASS;

ALUMINOSILICATE; CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; LIGHTNING; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; QUARTZ; TEXTURE;

BRAGANCA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; TORRE DE MONCORVO;

EID: 77955213886     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1948     Document Type: Article

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