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Classification of Amazonite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References for Amazonite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Arnaudov, V.; Pavlova, M.; Petrusenko, Sv. (1967): Lead content in certain amazonites. Izvestiya na Geologicheskiya Institut, Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite 16, 41-44 (in Bulgarian). Plyusnin, G. S. (1969): Color of amazonites. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 98, 3-17 (in Russian). Cech, F., Misar, Z., Povondra, P. (1971): Green lead-containing orthoclase. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 15, 213-231. Foord, E. E. & Martin, R. F. (1979): Amazonite from the Pikes Peak batholith. Mineralogical Record 10, 373-380; 382-384. Platonov, A. N., Tarashchan, A. N. & Taran, M. N. (1984): Color centers in amazonites. Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal 6, 3-16 (in Russian). Hofmeister, A. M. & Rossman, G. R. (1985): A spectroscopic study of irradiation coloring of amazonite: structurally hydrous, lead-bearing feldspar. American Mineralogist, 70, 794-804. Stevenson, R. K. & Martin, R. F. (1986): Implications of the presence of amazonite in the Broken Hill and Geco metamorphosed sulfide deposits. Canadian Mineralogist 24, 729-745. Petrov, I., Mineeva, R. M., Bershov, L. V., Agel, A. (1993): EPR of lead-lead mixed valence pairs in amazonite-type microcline. American Mineralogist 78, 500-510. Julg, A. (1998): A theoretical study of the absorption spectra of Pb+ and Pb3+ in site K+ of microcline: application to the color of amazonite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 25, 229-233. Murakami, H., Takashima, I., Nishida, N., Shimoda, S., Matsubara, S. (2000): Solubility and behavior of lead in green orthoclase (amazonite) from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Ganko 95, 71-84. Szuzkiewicz, A. & Körber, T. (2010): "Amazonit" oder "Grüner Mikroklin"? Zur Ursache der Grünfärbung von Kalifeldspäten aus dem Striegauer Granit. Lapis 35 (7-8), 75-77; 86 (in German). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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