Emeralds from the Delbegetey deposit (Kazakhstan): Mineralogical characteristics and fluid-inclusion study

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-173

  Gavrilenko, E V ^a,b   Pérez, B Calvo ^c   Bolibar, R Castroviejo ^c   Garcia del Amo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Spanish Gemological Institute ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delbegetey; Emeralds; Fluid inclusions; Kazakhstan; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INCLUSIONS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY;

DELBEGETEY; EMERALDS; FLUID INCLUSION; KAZAKHSTAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

GEMS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMERALD; FLUID INCLUSION; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33745060786     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461067020321     Document Type: Article

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