Copper-bearing (Paraíba-type) tourmaline from Mozambique

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-30

  Laurs, Brendan M ^a   Zwaan, J C ^b   Breeding, Christopher M ^a   Simmons, William B ^d   Beaton, Donna ^a   Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^c   Befi, Riccardo ^a   Falster, Alexander U ^e  

^a GIA   (United States)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Institute of Applied Geosciences TNO ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 48649106495     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.44.1.4     Document Type: Article

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