ON THE COLOR OF LARGE DARK-PURPLE ZIRCON FROM AFGANISTAN
Abstract
A large dark-purple zircon from Afghanistan was investigated by microprobe, optical absorption and FTIR spectroscopy. As established it represents a new type of violet (purple) coloration. The spectroscopic features evidence that the sample is not of deep kimberlitic origin.
Geological structure and history of the geological development of the Ukrainian shield (to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine M.P. Shcherbak)
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171-175
Published
August 15, 2024
Copyright (c) 2024 Press of the Institute of Geological Science of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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ISBN-978-617-8521-00-4