Keatite
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Keatite is a
Kokchetav Massif in Kazakhstan.[2]
Keatite was synthesized in 1954 and named for Paul P. Keat who discovered it while studying the role of
amorphous silica.[3] Keatite was well known before 1970 as evidenced in few studies from that era.[4][5]
References
- ^ Ralph, Jolyon, and Ida Ralph. "Keatite: Keatite Mineral Information and Data." MinDat. 2013. Aug. 2013
- ^ Abstract Hill, Tina R., Hiromi Konishi, and Huifang Xu, Natural occurrence of keatite precipitates in UHP clinopyroxene from the Kokchetav Massif: A TEM investigation, American Mineralogist, Volume 98, pages 187–196, 2013
- ^ Science 120 (27 Aug1954) pp 328-330 with the title "A new crystalline silica.
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