Transmission electron microscopy investigation of Ag-free lillianite and heyrovskýite from Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 288-300

  Mitolo, Donatella ^a   Capitani, Gian Carlo ^b   Garavelli, Anna ^a   Pinto, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heyrovsk ite; Incommensurate modulation; Lillianite; TEM; Vulcano

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MILLING (MACHINING); MODULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

AEOLIAN ISLANDS , ITALY; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; INCOMMENSURATE MODULATION; LILLIANITE; SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURAL MODULATIONS; VULCANO;

SILVER METALLOGRAPHY;

BISMUTH; COPPER; LEAD; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; VULCANO;

EID: 79952143741     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3530     Document Type: Article

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