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- the mineral amorphous. The affected material is therefore described as metamict. Certain minerals occasionally contain interstitial impurities of radioactive...
- as anhedral m****es. Specimens with a high uranium content are typically metamict and appear coated with a yellow brown earthy rind. Samarskite occurs in...
- Brittle Mohs scale hardness 7.5 Luster Vitreous to adamantine; greasy when metamict. Streak White Diaphaneity Transparent to opaque Specific gravity 4.6–4...
- radioactive grains of allanite often have their structure disrupted or are metamict. The age of allanite grains that have not been destro**** by radiation can...
- calcium. Due to the radioactive elements contained, Thorite is commonly metamict. With the destructive effects of radioactivity on the crystal lattice,...
- fluorescence under ultraviolet light. Some titanite has been found to be metamict, in consequence of structural damage due to radioactive decomposition of...
- damages the mineral crystal structure rendering it locally amorphous (metamict state); the optical result, termed a radioactive halo or pleochroic halo...
- alter to stishovite with intense pressure, and zircon to crytolite (a metamict zircon) with amount of radioactive components and time. In some cir****stances...
- octahedra of a yellowish or brownish color and resinous luster. It is commonly metamict due to radiation damage from included radioactive elements. Pyrochlore...
- Andeson; G. F. Claringbull; R. J. Davis & D. K. Hill (1961). "Ekanite, a new metamict mineral from Ceylon". Nature. 190 (4780): 997. Bibcode:1961Natur.190..997A...