The origin of the green color of variscite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 984-990

  Calas, Georges ^a   Galoisy, Laurence ^a   Kiratisin, Amonmat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL IONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL-FIELD SPLITTING; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRUM; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; RACAH PARAMETERS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

COLOR; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; VARISCITE;

EID: 20444465983     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1668     Document Type: Article

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