Identifies 13 copper-bearing tourmalines, which have traditionally been assumed to be elbaite species, as liddicoatite.
Read MoreCopper-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique was first recovered in 2001, but its Cu content was not recognised until 2003.
Read MoreThe most important source of yellow gem elbaite is the Canary mining area in the Lundazi District of eastern Zambia.
Read More
The authors used Vis-NIR spectral measurements combined with LA-ICP-MS data to investigate the usefulness of absorption spectra.
Read MoreLiddicoatite, a calcium-rich lithium tourmaline, was recognised as a separate mineral species in 1977, and named in honour of Richard T. Liddicoat.
Read More
Several transparent, faceted, blue to blue-green copper-bearing tourmalines containing growth tubes and cracks surrounded by sleeves of pink colour were examined for this report.
Read MoreThe Mt. Mica area in southwestern Maine has been mined for tourmaline and other pegmatite gems since the 1820s.
Read MoreTourmalines from an alluvial deposit near Lundazi in Zambia consist of colour-zoned pink/colourless/yellow-green “watermelon” nodules.
Read MoreInclusions of native copper and tenorite (CuO) were found in greyish-green elbaite from São José da Batalha, Paraíba, Brazil.
Read MoreA treatise on the design, display, care and repair of fine gemstones.
Read More
