A Raman investigation of the amblygonite-montebrasite series

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1109-1117

  Rondeau, Benjamin ^a   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^b   Lefevre, Pierre ^c   Guiraud, Michel ^a   Fransolet, André Mathieu ^c   Lulzac, Yves ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Amblygonite; Gemstones; Montebrasite; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GEMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMBLYGONITE; GEMOLOGICAL PROPERTY; MONTEBRASITE;

FLUORIDE MINERALS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GEMSTONE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33751203560     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1109     Document Type: Article

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