Natural iron-containing blue and colorless euclase studied by electron paramagnetic resonance

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 33, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 553-557

  Guedes, K J ^a   Krambrock, Klaus ^a   Pinheiro, M V B ^a   Menezes Filho, L A D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Luiz Menezes Minerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EPR; Euclase; Fe3+; Low symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; GEMS; IRON; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

COLORLESS RARE-GEM MINERAL; EUCLASE; NATURAL BLUE;

BERYLLIUM MINERALS;

ANISOTROPY; COLORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRON; MINERALOGY;

EID: 33750714072     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-006-0102-1     Document Type: Article

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