Crystal structure and thermal expansion of aragonite-group carbonates by single-crystal X-ray diffraction

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 707-712

  Ye, Yu ^a   Smyth, Joseph R ^a   Boni, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Cerussite; Crystal structure; Strontianite; Thermal expansion; Witherite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; EXPANSION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ARAGONITE; CERUSSITE; LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; RIGID-BODY MOTION; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; STRONTIANITE; WITHERITE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARAGONITE; CARBONATE; CERUSSITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL EXPANSION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860322592     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.3923     Document Type: Article

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