Violet-colored diopside from Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1193-1199

  Herd, C D K ^a   Peterson, R C ^a   Rossman, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada; Clinopyroxene; Diopside; Intervalence charge transfer; Spectroscopy; Violet color

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIOPSIDE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 0034483793     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.5.1193     Document Type: Article

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