Abstract
The color of yellow-green to yellow-brown Mn-rich elbaite tourmalines from Zambia and Nepal is controlled by Fe2+-Ti4+ (brown) and Mn2+-Ti4+ (yellow-green) intervalence charge transfer. The proposed Mn-Ti interaction responsible for an absorption band centered at 325 nm is especially well developed in the Zambian tourmaline whose spectroscopic properties are discussed.
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