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A spectroscopic study of blue radiation coloring in plagioclase

Hofmeister, Anne M. and Rossman, George R. (1986) A spectroscopic study of blue radiation coloring in plagioclase. American Mineralogist, 71 (1-2). pp. 95-98. ISSN 0003-004X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130430-080221399

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Abstract

Blue color in sodic plagioclase is produced by electronic transitions of Pb in a manner similar to the mechanism causing color in amazonite (potassium feldspar colored blue-green by Pb electronic transitions). The two blue feldspar varieties have the following characteristics in common: (1) elevated Pb concentrations (usually greater than 0.01 wt.%), (2) structurally incorporated H^+, (3) similar response of the color to heating and irradiation, and (a) similar band shape, position, and polarization in the optical spectrum.


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Rossman, George R.0000-0002-4571-6884
Additional Information:© 1986 Mineralogical Society of America. Manuscript received, May 29, 1984; Accepted for publication, September 9, 1985. This work was supported in part by NSF grant EAR-79-19987. We thank C. Bridges (Nairobi), C. Francis (Harvard), W. Larson (Pala International), and J. White (Smithsonian Institution) for providing samples; C. Martin, D. Blair, and S. Chan (Caltech) for advice with EPR spectroscopy; and Eric Dowty (American Museum of Natural History), Kurt Nassau (Bell Laboratories), and Martha Schaefer (Geophysical Laboratory) for helpful comments on the manuscript.
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Official Citation:Hofmeister, Anne M. and Rossman, George R. (1986) A spectroscopic study of blue radiation coloring in plagioclase. American Mineralogist, 71 (1-2). pp. 95-98.
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