Diopside needles as inclusions in demantoid garnet from Russia: A Raman microspectrometric study

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 192-195

  Krzemnicki, Michael S ^a  

^a SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute   (Switzerland)

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EID: 53149118215     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.35.4.192     Document Type: Article

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