Latitude: 16°48'13"S
Longitude: 41°53'24"W
Li-Cs pegmatite, famous for a find of deep blue maxixe/maxaxite aquamarine in 1917. Unfortunately the color quickly faded to a whitish yellow after exposure to light. The color is probably caused by the replacement of a missing atom by a vibrating electron in the structure creating a color center, caused by natural radiation.
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References
- Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., and Horn, A.H. (2000): Classification and mineralization potential of the pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Mineralium Deposita 35, 638-655.
- http://sbg.igc.usp.br/rgb/vol29_down/2901/2901027.pdf [Link dead. Jan 2012]
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