A survey of mn-rich yellow tourmaline from worldwide localities and implications for the petrogenesis of granitic pegmatites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-319

  Simmons, William B ^a   Falster, Alexander U ^a   Laurs, Brendan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b GIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"; Fluor rossmanite"; Mn rich tourmaline; Tsilaisite"; Yellow elbaite

Indexed keywords

''; FLUOR-ROSSMANITE''; MN-RICH TOURMALINE; TSILAISITE''; YELLOW ELBAITE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; FLUORSPAR; GRANITE; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE OXIDE; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

MANGANESE;

COLOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PEGMATITE; PETROGENESIS; SPECTROMETRY; TOURMALINITE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE; NEPAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79954505499     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.49.1.301     Document Type: Article

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