5. Summary
The results of optical and X-ray examination of specimens of fibrous quartz from the Bababudan Hills in Mysore are described. They indicate that the material may be described as polycrystalline quartz with a strongly preferred orientation for the crystallographicc-axis along the length of the fibres.
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Memoir No. 57from the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
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Raman, C.V., Jayaraman, A. X-ray study of fibrous quartz. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 40, 107 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047162
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047162