Characterization of Chinese hydrothermal synthetic emerald

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 276-291

  Schmetzer, Karl ^a   Kiefert, Lore ^b   Bernhardt, Heinz Jürgen ^c   Beili, Zhang ^d  

^a SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute ^*

^b Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d National Gemstone Testing Center   (China)

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EID: 0010517804     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.33.4.276     Document Type: Article

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