Affiliation:
1. Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The work deals with results of study of hydrothermal noble opals. It has been established that hydrothermal opals are composed of multiple clusters: chaotic packs, fibers and grid layers. An effect of the water saturation coefficient on the opal optical properties was considered.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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