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A re-examination of thortveitite

Riccardo Bianchi, Tullio Pilati, Valeria Diella, Carlo Maria Gramaccioli and Gregorio Mannucci
A re-examination of thortveitite
American Mineralogist (June 1988) 73 (5-6): 601-607

Abstract

Four different natural crystals of thortveitite (Sc,Y) (sub 2) Si (sub 2) O (sub 7) have been analysed by electron microprobe, and the structure has been determined from single-crystal data using MoKalpha radiation up to at least theta = 40 degrees (final R approx 0.02). A Si-O-Si angle of 180 degrees is confirmed with crystal symmetry C2/m.


ISSN: 0003-004X
EISSN: 1945-3027
Coden: AMMIAY
Serial Title: American Mineralogist
Serial Volume: 73
Serial Issue: 5-6
Title: A re-examination of thortveitite
Affiliation: CNR, Cent. Stud. Relaz. Strutt. e Reattivita Chim., Milan, Italy
Pages: 601-607
Published: 198806
Text Language: English
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, United States
References: 22
Accession Number: 1988-048655
Categories: Mineralogy of silicates
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 6 tables
Secondary Affiliation: Univ. Milano, ITA, Italy
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United KingdomTwickenhamUKUnited Kingdom
Update Code: 1988
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