Electronic Resource
Copenhagen
:
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Applied crystallography online
23 (1990), S. 263-265
ISSN:
1600-5767
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
Microcrystalline vaterite, CaCO3, has been synthesized by decomposition of ikaite, CaCO3.6H2O, crystals at room temperature. Scanning electron micrographs show that vaterite occurs as arborescent aggregates 3̃0 to 40 μm in size. This growth form has not been described before. It is of interest that the overall morphology of the vaterite is reminiscent of some dendritic calcite tufas, although on a smaller scale. This similarity opens up the possibility that the calcitic tufas such as that associated with the Quaternary Lake Lahonton, Nevada, may have been deposited as vaterite that changed to calcite, while preserving the original growth form.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889890002485
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