Tourmaline the indicator mineral: From atomic arrangement to viking navigation

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 307-312

  Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Dirlam, Dona M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Crystal structure; Gemstone; Piezoelectricity; Pyroelectricity; Tourmaline; Tourmaline nomenclature

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); PIEZOELECTRICITY; PYROELECTRICITY; SILICATE MINERALS; TERMINOLOGY;

20TH CENTURY; ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; CHEMICAL DIVERSITY; GEMSTONE; HUMAN SOCIETY; SUBSTITUTION MECHANISMS; TOURMALINE; VIKING NAVIGATION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GEMSTONE; NOMENCLATURE; SUBSTITUTION; TOURMALINE;

EID: 80755130569     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.5.307     Document Type: Article

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