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Spectroscopic Characteristics of Tourmalines from Antandrokomby, Madagascar  

Lee, Sung (Department of Materials & Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University)
Ahn, Yong-Kil (Division of Materials Science & Engineering, Hanyang University)
Seo, Jin-Gyo (Division of Materials Science & Engineering, Hanyang University)
Park, Jong-Wan (Division of Materials Science & Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.22, no.4, 2009 , pp. 385-393 More about this Journal
Abstract
The spectroscopic characteristics of Madagascar tourmaline were investigated by UV-Vis and FTIR spectroscopy. Physical features were similar to other region's tourmalines. The green and blue samples showed strong absorption band in the 714~743 nm due to $Fe^{3+}$, pink samples showed strong absorption band in the 510~530 nm due to $Mn^{3+}$, brown samples showed strong absorption at 324 nm due to $Mn^{2+}-Ti^{4+}$ IVCT and the colorless samples only revealed weak absorption at 406~413 nm or no absorptions due to low quantity of Mn. Combination of the stretching and bending mode cationic hydroxyl units (metal-OH) are observed in the 4300~4500 $cm^{-1}$. The parallel tube-shaped inclusions which contain hematite were detected generally. This investigation revealed that Cu was not detected but Fe and Mn were detected in the Madagascar tourmalines, and the various colors appear according to the amount of those impurity elements.
Keywords
tourmaline; X-ray fluorescence; UV-Vis spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; inclusion;
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