Antigorite from rowland flat, South Australia: Asbestiform character

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-533

  Fitz Gerald, John D ^a   Eggleton, Richard A ^a   Keeling, John L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Asbestiform; Defect; Microstructure; Modulation; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADELAIDE; ANTIGORITE; ASBESTIFORM; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; INTER-GROWTHS; REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

SERPENTINE;

ANTIGORITE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957704202     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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