Na-rich vesuvianite in jadeitite of the Tawmaw jade district, northern Myanmar

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Nyunt, Thet Tin ^a,b   Theye, Thomas ^a   Massonne, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Highpressure metamorphism; Jade; Jadeite; Jadeitite; Northern Myanmar; Vesuvianite

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549101492     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2009PM0009     Document Type: Article

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