Investigation of the intracrystalline Cr3+ distribution in natural and synthetic alexandrites

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 12, 1998, Pages 545-557

  Rager, H ^a   Bakhshandeh Khiri, A ^a   Schmetzer, K ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexandrite; Alexandrite effect; Cr3+ distribution; Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039523312     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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