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Nomenclature and the structure of natural disordered (opaline) silica

A comment on the paper “A new interpretation of the structure of disordered α-cristobalite” by M. J. Wilson, J. D. Russell and J. M. Tait Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 47, 1–6 (1974)

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    J. B. Jones

  2. C.S.I.R.O. Division of Mineral Chemistry, 3207, Garden City, Victoria

    E. R. Segnit

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Jones, J.B., Segnit, E.R. Nomenclature and the structure of natural disordered (opaline) silica. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 51, 231–234 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372083

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