Tracing the emerald origin by oxygen isotope data: The case of Sandawana, Zimbabwe

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Zwaan, Johannes C ^a   Cheilletz, Alain ^b   Taylor, Bruce E ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerald occurrences; Mineralogy; Oxygen isotopes; Sandawana; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EMERALD; GEMSTONE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE;

AFRICA; MATABELELAND SOUTH; SANDAWANA MINES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0842306298     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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