Ga/Mg ratio as a new geochemical tool to differentiate magmatic from metamorphic blue sapphires

Lithos

Volumn 98, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Peucat, J J ^a   Ruffault, P ^e   Fritsch, E ^b   Bouhnik Le Coz, M ^a   Simonet, C ^c   Lasnier, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^c SOGEREM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e LPGN ^*

Author keywords

Corundum; ICP MS LA; Magmatic sapphires; Metamorphic sapphires; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAPPHIRE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 34548567074     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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