XRPD patterns of opals: A brief review and new results from recent studies

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-282

  Ghisoli, C ^a   Caucia, F ^a   Marinoni, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cristobalite; Opal A; Opal C; Opal CT; Order disorder; Palygorskite; Sepiolite; Tridymite

Indexed keywords

CRISTOBALITES; OPAL A; OPAL C; PALYGORSKITES; SEPIOLITE; TRIDYMITE;

CLAY MINERALS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77956945598     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.3478554     Document Type: Article

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