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Journal Article
Age determination of oriented rutile inclusions in sapphire and of moonstone from the Mogok metamorphic belt, Myanmar
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 November 2021
American Mineralogist (2021) 106 (11): 1852–1859.
Journal Article
Rare sapphire-bearing syenitoid pegmatites and associated granitoids of the Hamedan region, Sanandaj–Sirjan zone, Iran: analysis of petrology, lithogeochemistry and zircon geochronology / trace element geochemistry
Ali A Sepahi, Hamed Vahidpour, David R Lentz, Chris RM McFarlane, Mohammad Maanijou, Sedigheh Salami, Mirmohammad Miri, Mehrak Mansouri, Razieh Mohammadi
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 24 February 2020
Geological Magazine (2020) 157 (9): 1499–1525.
Journal Article
Origin of corundum–tourmaline–phlogopite rocks from Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan: a new type of metasomatism associated with sapphire formation
Journal: European Journal of Mineralogy
Publisher: GeoScienceWorld Journals
Published: 01 July 2019
European Journal of Mineralogy (2019) 31 (4): 739–753.
Includes: Supplemental Content
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Geochemistry of pink corundum-bearing feldspathic gneiss, Frenchvale quarry, Cape Breton Island, Canada: metamorphism of albitised, Fe-poor clastic rocks
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 April 2019
Mineralogical Magazine (2019) 83 (2): 249–260.
Journal Article
Metacarbonate-hosted Spinel On Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada: Insights Into the Origin of Gem Spinel and Cobalt-Blue Spinel
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 01 March 2019
The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) 57 (2): 147–200.
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High-pressure granulite facies metamorphism (∼1.8 GPa) revealed in silica-undersaturated garnet-spinel-corundum gneiss, Central Maine Terrane, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 November 2018
American Mineralogist (2018) 103 (11): 1851–1868.
Journal Article
A common origin for Thai/Cambodian rubies and blue and violet sapphires from Yogo Gulch, Montana, U.S.A.?
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 March 2018
American Mineralogist (2018) 103 (3): 469–479.
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The origin of needle-like rutile inclusions in natural gem corundum: A combined EPMA, LA-ICP-MS, and nano-SIMS investigation—Discussion
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 December 2017
American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (12): 2521–2522.
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The origin of needle-like rutile inclusions in natural gem corundum: A combined EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, and nano-SIMS investigation—Reply
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 December 2017
American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (12): 2523–2524.
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Trace-element compositions of sapphire and ruby from the eastern Australian gemstone belt
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2017
Mineralogical Magazine (2017) 81 (6): 1551–1576.
Journal Article
Sapphire Megacrysts In Syenite Pegmatites From the Ilmen Mountains, South Urals, Russia: New Mineralogical Data
Elena S. Sorokina, Stefanos Karampelas, Tursun P. Nishanbaev, Sergey N. Nikandrov, Boris S. Semiannikov
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 30 September 2017
The Canadian Mineralogist (2017) 55 (5): 823–843.
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Sapphire, a not so simple gemstone
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 July 2017
American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (7): 1373–1374.
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The origin of needle-like rutile inclusions in natural gem corundum: A combined EPMA, LA-ICP-MS, and nanoSIMS investigation
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 July 2017
American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (7): 1451–1461.
Journal Article
Trace Element Geochemistry and Metasomatic Origin of Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 01 July 2017
The Canadian Mineralogist (2017) 55 (4): 595–617.
Journal Article
Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging of Sapphire-bearing Marble from the Beluga Occurrence, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 01 July 2017
The Canadian Mineralogist (2017) 55 (4): 787–797.
Journal Article
Origin of Scapolite-hosted Sapphire (corundum) Near Kimmirut, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Philippe M. Belley, Tashia J. Dzikowski, Andrew Fagan, Jan CempÍrek, Lee A. Groat, James K. Mortensen, Mostafa Fayek, Gaston Giuliani, Anthony E. Fallick, Paul Gertzbein
Journal: The Canadian Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada
Published: 01 July 2017
The Canadian Mineralogist (2017) 55 (4): 669–699.
Book Chapter
Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Mogok Metamorphic and Jade Mines belts and ophiolitic terranes of Burma (Myanmar)
Author(s)
M. P. Searle, C. K. Morley, D. J. Waters, N. J. Gardiner, U. Kyi Htun, Than Than Nu, L. J. Robb
Publisher: The Geological Society of London
Published: 01 January 2017
DOI: 10.1144/M48.12
EISBN: 9781862399730
Publisher: The Geological Society of London
Published: 01 January 2017
DOI: 10.1144/M48.23
EISBN: 9781862399730
Journal Article
Morphological and chemical evolution of corundum (ruby and sapphire): Crystal ontogeny reconstructed by EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, and Cr 3+ Raman mapping
Elena S. Sorokina, Wolfgang Hofmeister, Tobias Häger, Regina Mertz-Kraus, Stephan Buhre, John M. Saul
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 December 2016
American Mineralogist (2016) 101 (12): 2716–2722.
Journal Article
Provenance determination of sapphires and rubies using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and multivariate analysis
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 August 2015
American Mineralogist (2015) 100 (8-9): 1921–1931.
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