Rubies and sapphires from winza, central tanzania

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-347

  Schwarz, Dietmar ^a   Pardieu, Vincent ^b   Saul, John ^c   Schmetzer, Karl ^c   Laurs, Brendan ^b   Giuliani, Gaston ^d   Klemm, Leo ^a   Malsy, Anna Kathrin ^a   Erel, Eric ^a   Hauzenberger, Christoph ^e   Toit, Garry ^b   Fallick, Anthony ^f   Ohnenstetter, Daniel ^g  

^a Gübelin Gem Lab   (Switzerland)

^b GIA   (United States)

^c GIA ^*

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g CRPG CNRS   (France)

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EID: 67649566529     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.44.4.322     Document Type: Article

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