A new semi-micro wet chemical method for apatite analysis and its application to the crystal chemistry of fluorapatite-chlorapatite solid solutions

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-152

  Schettler, Georg ^a   Gottschalk, Matthias ^a   Harlov, Daniel E ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Apatite; Chemical (mineral); Crystal structure; Crystal synthesis; IR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORSPAR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NITRIC ACID; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; SYNTHESIS EXPERIMENT; TRIANGULAR ARRANGEMENTS;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

ACID DIGESTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; APATITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORAPATITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORAPATITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NITRIC ACID; SOLID SOLUTION;

EID: 79251561541     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3509     Document Type: Article

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