Hydrous, silica-rich melts in the sub-arc mantle and their relationship with erupted arc lavas

Nature ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 377 (6550) ◽  
pp. 595-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Schiano ◽  
R. Clocchiatti ◽  
N. Shimizu ◽  
R. C. Maury ◽  
K. P. Jochum ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Pathak ◽  
G. R. Choppin
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2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (41) ◽  
pp. 13005-13014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly E. Anderson ◽  
Marc M. Hirschmann ◽  
J. Ilja Siepmann

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1531-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yu. Voropaeva ◽  
I. A. Stenina ◽  
A. B. Yaroslavtsev

Author(s):  
Adere Tarekegne Habte ◽  
Shiferaw Dessie Mekonnen ◽  
Adugna Nigatu Alene ◽  
Gietu Yirga Abate

Opals are naturally occurring hydrous silica materials (SiO2*nH2O), and have been largely used in jewelry and as decorative elements in artworks due to their optical properties. In this study, we present some gemological properties, a combined spectroscopic (FAAS, FTIR) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) identification of natural and heat treated opals obtained from the main deposits in North Wollo, Ethiopia. The gemological measurements, FTIR and XRD spectra for natural and heat treated samples are nearly identical, FAAS shows clear differences on their color this may be due to the concentration differences of metals. Both of these opals showed spectra and diffraction patterns typical of Opal-CT, with clearly defined patterns and main peaks in the 2θ range of cristobalite and tridymite, called microcrystalline opals.


2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (23) ◽  
pp. 8775-8780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schindler ◽  
Jennifer L. Durocher ◽  
Yassir. Abdu ◽  
Frank. C. Hawthorne

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