Identifies 13 copper-bearing tourmalines, which have traditionally been assumed to be elbaite species, as liddicoatite.
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Read MoreCopper-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique was first recovered in 2001, but its Cu content was not recognised until 2003.
Read MoreThe authors used Vis-NIR spectral measurements combined with LA-ICP-MS data to investigate the usefulness of absorption spectra.
Read MoreTourmalines from an alluvial deposit near Lundazi in Zambia consist of colour-zoned pink/colourless/yellow-green “watermelon” nodules.
Read MoreThis article, from the Winter 2009 issue of Gems & Gemmology, is a compilation of abstracts of important gemmology-related articles published outside of Gems & Gemmology.
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