Crystal chemistry of Th in fluorapatite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Luo, Yun ^a   Rakovan, John ^a   Tang, Yuanzhi ^b   Lupulescu, Marian ^c   Hughes, John M ^d   Pan, Yuanming ^e  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

EXAFS; Fluorapatite; Single crystal; Thorium; X ray absorption spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THORIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EXAFS; EXTENDED XRAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (EXAFS) SPECTROSCOPIES; FLUORAPATITES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS; SYNTHETIC FLUORAPATITE;

THORIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORAPATITE; SUBSTITUTION; THORIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251551063     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3438     Document Type: Article

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