• DOI:10.2138/am-2003-11-1223
Corpus ID: 128600868

Letters. Rock-forming moissanite (natural α-silicon carbide)

@article{Pierro2003LettersRM,
  title={Letters. Rock-forming moissanite (natural α-silicon carbide)},
  author={S. Di Pierro and E. Gnos and B. Grob{\'e}ty and T. Armbruster and Stefano M. Bernasconi and P. Ulmer},
  journal={American Mineralogist},
  year={2003},
  volume={88},
  pages={1817 - 1821}
}

S. Di Pierro, E. Gnos, +3 authors P. Ulmer

Published 2003

Geology

American Mineralogist

Abstract We report the first occurrence of moissanite (SiC) as a rock-forming mineral (8.4 vol%) in one unique specimen of a terrestrial rock. The sample has a homogeneous, porphyritic texture, and was found as a beach pebble thought to be derived from a Tertiary volcanic province of the Aegean Sea region. The matrix is bluish-colored and consists of very fine-grained brucite, calcite, and magnesite, in which macrocrysts of quartz (25.3 vol%) and moissanite are found. Other accessory phases are… CONTINUE READING

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