Origin of the color in cobalt-doped quartz

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 623-629

  de Miranda Pinto, Luiz Carlos B ^a   Righi, Ariete ^b   Lameiras, Fernando Soares ^c   da Araujo, Fernando Gabriel Silva ^d   Krambrock, Klaus ^b  

^a Technological Center of Minas Gerais (CETEC) and REDEMAT   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Color; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Optical absorption; Synthetic quartz

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; ALPHA-BETA; AS-GROWN; CO-DOPED; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; FORMATION PROCESS; HYDROTHERMALLY; MINAS GERAIS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; ORTHOPYROXENE; QUARTZ LATTICE; SYNTHETIC QUARTZ; TETRAHEDRAL COORDINATION; TETRAHEDRAL SYMMETRY; TREATMENT TIME; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; COBALT; COLOR; COLOR CENTERS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OLIVINE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; QUARTZ; SILICATES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COBALT; COLOR; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; QUARTZ; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79960724563     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0434-3     Document Type: Article

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