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The Need for Electron Crystallography in Mineral Sciences

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Electron Crystallography

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Electron crystallography may largely contribute to mineral sciences. The present aim is to understand why and how, starting from the already existing examples.

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  1. Dip. Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, Via delle Cerchia 3, 53100, Siena, Italy

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  1. Electron Diffraction Department, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc., 73 High Street, 14203-1196, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Douglas L. Dorset

  2. Structural Chemistry, Stockholm University, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

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Mellini, M. (1997). The Need for Electron Crystallography in Mineral Sciences. In: Dorset, D.L., Hovmöller, S., Zou, X. (eds) Electron Crystallography. NATO ASI Series, vol 347. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8971-0_29

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