Age and significance of ruby-bearing marble from the Red River Shear Zone, northern Vietnam

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1315-1329

  Garnier, Virginie ^a   Ohnenstetter, Daniel ^a   Giuliani, Gaston ^a,b   Maluski, Henri ^c   Deloule, Etienne ^a   Phan Trong, Trinh ^d   Pham Van, Long ^e   Hoàng Quang, Vinh ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e Vietnam National Gem and Gold Corporation   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Cenozoic ages; Electron microprobe data; In situ U Pb dating; Ion probe data; Marble; Northern Vietnam; Ruby deposits; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; RUBY; TECTONICS; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

ELECTRON-MICROPROBE; ION-PROBE; RUBY DEPOSITS; RUBY-BEARING MARBLE; SPINEL CRYSTALS; VIETNAM;

MARBLE;

GEMSTONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; RUBY; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 29244436393     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.4.1315     Document Type: Article

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