dc.contributor.author | Feneyrol, Julien | |
dc.contributor.author | Giuliani, Gaston | |
dc.contributor.author | Ohnenstetter, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Rondeau, Benjamin | |
dc.contributor.author | Fritsch, Emmanuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Fallick, Anthony E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ichang’i, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Omito, Edward | |
dc.contributor.author | Rakotondrazafy, Michel | |
dc.contributor.author | Ranatsenho, Madison | |
dc.contributor.author | Lallier, Florent | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-30T11:42:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-30T11:42:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Feneyrol, J., Giuliani, G., Ohnenstetter, D., Rondeau, B., Fritsch, E., Fallick, A. E., ... & Lallier, F. (2014). New typology and origin of tsavorite based on trace-element chemistry. European Journal of Mineralogy, ejm2367_pap_gsw. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://eurjmin.geoscienceworld.org/content/early/2014/02/13/0935-1221.2014.0026-2367.abstract | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/78558 | |
dc.description.abstract | New electron-microprobe analyses of ‘tsavorites’ from the Neoproterozoic Metamorphic Mozambique Belt deposits allow the characterization of green grossular according to its trace-element chemistry (V, Cr, Mn). Five chemical types are defined: type 1, vanadian grossular with V >Cr >Mn (in atoms per formula unit); type 2, vanadian grossular with V >Mn >Cr; type 3, Mn-bearing vanadian grossular with Mn > V > Cr; type 4, Mn-bearing chromian grossular with Mn > Cr > V; and type 5, Cr- and Mn-bearing grossular with Cr > Mn > V. These types are also characterized by different absorption spectra in the ultraviolet–visible–near infrared. Type 1 tsavorite spectra show a total absorption below 430 nm due to the high vanadium contents. Type 2 tsavorite spectra present the classical absorption bands of V. Types 3 and 4 tsavorite spectra display additional shoulders at 407 and 408 nm due to Mn2+, whereas spectra of Cr-bearing types 4 and 5 tsavorite show the two additional bands of Cr3+ at 697 and 701 nm. The different absorption spectra also indicate Fe2+-Ti4+ charge transfer. We measured OH− equivalent to 0.08 to 0.38 wt% eq. H2O within the structure. Concentrations of vanadium, chromium and manganese are good chemical “fingerprints” for determining the geographic provenance of economic tsavorite from Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | New typology and origin of tsavorite based on trace-element chemistry | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |