Tilts and tetrahedra: The origin of the anisotropy of feldspars

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 765-778

  Angel, Ross J ^a   Sochalski Kolbus, Lindsay M ^a   Tribaudino, Mario ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Compressibility; Elasticity; Feldspars; Structure; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTICITY; EXPANSION; GEOMETRY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMAL EXPANSION; TOPOLOGY;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; BONDING REQUIREMENTS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EXTRA-FRAMEWORK CATIONS; POINT SYMMETRY; TETRAHEDRAL FRAMEWORK; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS; VOLUME CHANGE;

FELDSPAR;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTICITY; FELDSPAR; RIGIDITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84861389214     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4011     Document Type: Article

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