References

Greenly & Co.’s educational content would not be possible without decades of research by people all across the world.

We have done our best to compile a list of our research materials here.

Citations

R. Amit et al. (2014) Linking coarse silt production in Asian sand deserts and Quaternary accretion of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geology Magazine. 

Braitsch, O. (1956) Über die natürlichen Faser- und Aggregationstypen beim SiO2, ihre Verwachsungsformen, Richtungsstatistik und Doppelbrechung. Heidelberger Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 5 (4) 331-372 doi:10.1007/bf01115659


Cady, S.L., Wenk, H.R., Sintubin, M. (1998) Microfibrous quartz varieties: characterization by quantitative X-ray texture analysis and transmission electron microscopy. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 130: 320-335.


Correns, C.W., Nagelschmidt, G. (1933) Über Faserbau und optische Eigenschaften von Chalzedon. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 85, 199-213.


M. Cui et al. (2015) PM_(10) emission flux in the Tengger Desert and Mu Us Sand field, northern China, measured by PI-SWERL. Chin. Sci. Bull.


M. Cui et al. (2019) Quantifying the effect of geomorphology on aeolian dust emission potential in northern China. Earth Surf. Proc. Land.


Flörke, O.W., Graetsch, H., Martin, B., Röller, K., Wirth, R. (1991) Nomenclature of micro- and non-crystalline silica minerals based on structure and microstructure. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: 163: 19-42.


Frondel, C. (1978) Characters of quartz fibers. American Mineralogist, 63 (1-2) 17-27 


Frondel, C. (1982) Structural hydroxyl in chalcedony (type B quartz). American Mineralogist: 67: 1248-1257.


Frondel, C. (1985) Systematic compositional zoning in the quartz fibers of agates. American Mineralogist, 70 (9-10) 975-979 


Graetsch, H. (1994) Structural characteristics of opaline and microcrystalline silica minerals. in: Heaney, P.J., Gibbs, G.V., editors. Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 29 Silica - Physical behaviour, geochemistry and materials applications. Mineralogical Society of America, 209-232.


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Heaney, P. J., Post, J. E. (1992) The Widespread Distribution of a Novel Silica Polymorph in Microcrystalline Quartz Varieties. Science, 255 (5043). 441-443 doi:10.1126/science.255.5043.441


Heaney, P. J., Veblen, D. R., Post, J. E. (1994) Structural disparities between chalcedony and macrocrystalline quartz. American Mineralogist, 79 (5-6) 452-460 


"Jasper". Gem by Gem. International Colored Gemstone Association. 


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Lévy, A. M., Munier-Chalmas, E. (1892) Mémoire sur diverses formes affectées par le réseau élémentaire du quartz. Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie, 15 (7). 159-190


Lu, H. et al (2019) Formation and evolution of Gobi Desert in central and eastern Asia, Earth Science Reviews, Volume 194, 2019, Pages 251‐263, ISSN 0012‐8252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.04.014.


Lu, T. Sunagawa, I. (1994) Texture formation of agate in geode. Mineralogical Journal: 17: 53-76.


Sweeney, M.R. et al (2016) Sand dunes as potential sources of dust in northern China. Science China: Earth Sciences. Vol.59 No.4: 760–769 doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-5246-8

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