Multicolored bismuth-bearing tourmaline from Lundazi, Zambia

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 204-211

  Johnson, Mary L ^a   Wentzell, Cheryl Y ^a   Elen, Shane ^a  

^a GIA   (United States)

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EID: 38849167876     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.33.3.204     Document Type: Article

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