Single-crystal polarised-light FTIR study of an historical synthetic water-poor emerald

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Bellatreccia, Fabio ^a   Della Ventura, Giancarlo ^a   Piccinini, Massimo ^b   Grubessi, Odino ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell parameters; Emerald; EMP analysis; Polarised light FTIR spectroscopy; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EMERALD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 55049084128     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2008/0115     Document Type: Article

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