Mineralogical and gemological characterization of emerald crystals from Paraná deposit, NE Brazil: a study of mineral chemistry, absorption and reflectance spectroscopy and thermal analysis

Abstract The Paraná deposit, located at Southwestern Rio Grande do Norte state, in Brazil, is one of the few emerald deposits found at Borborema Province. The mineralization occurs in phlogopite schists and actinolite-phlogopite schists associated with pegmatites and albitites within the Portalegre...

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Main Authors: José Ferreira de Araújo Neto, Sandra de Brito Barreto, Thais Andressa Carrino, Axel Müller, Lauro Cézar Montefalco de Lira Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
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