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- Title
Tourmaline from Muva, Mozambique.
- Authors
Laurs, Brendan M.; Zwaan, J. C. (Hanco); Simmons, William B. ("Skip"); Falster, Alexander U.
- Abstract
The article presents the result of an examination of 21 pieces of copper-bearing tourmaline from the mines at Mavuco in Muva, Mozambique. The pieces, in different variants of colors, shape and sizes, were gemologically characterized standard techniques at the Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory. Two samples of greenish yellow and yellow tourmaline are characterized based on pleochroism, hydrostatis, as well as fluorescence. Eleven of the samples were identified as elbaite and eight as rossmanite, based on electron-microprobe analyses.
- Subjects
MUVA (Mozambique); MOZAMBIQUE; TOURMALINE; MINES &; mineral resources; GEMS &; precious stones
- Publication
Gems & Gemology, 2008, Vol 44, Issue 3, p273
- ISSN
0016-626X
- Publication type
Article