Genesis of cristobalite and tridymite at low temperatures
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
- Vol. 18 (4) , 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00167617208728780
Abstract
It is suggested that an explanation of the observed metastable formation of cristobalite and tridymite in the stability field of quartz lies in the topology of these silica polymorphs and the resulting energies at the time of formation.Keywords
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