The Mineralogical Characteristics of Calcium-Iron Olivines

Marta Wyderko and Eugeniusz Mazanek
Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków, Poland

Summary: For the estimation of the properties of calcium-iron olivines in ironore sinters, synthetic mixtures of CaO, FeO, and SiO2 were prepared and melted; the obtained olivines were then examined microscopically and by X-ray powder method. The investigations allowed to state, that with the increase of the basicity of sinters, the relation of Fe : Ca in olivines decreases, which causes the change of their physical, optical, and röntgenometric properties.

Mineralogical Magazine; September 1968 v. 36; no. 283; p. 955-961; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.06
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