High-temperature and “exotic” minerals from the Cioclovina Cave, Romania: a review
This paper reports on the identification of four rare minerals in the phosphate deposit in Cioclovina Cave, Romania. Berlinite, AlPO4 and hydroxylellestadite, Ca5[(Si,P,S)O4]3(OH,F,Cl) are minerals that can form only at high temperatures, and would not be expected in a sedimentary environment. In th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cluj University Press
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia |
| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol52/iss2/art1/ |