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Dark Blue Aquamarine from the True Blue Showing, Yukon Territory

Groat, Lee A. and Turner, David and Rossman, George R. (2008) Dark Blue Aquamarine from the True Blue Showing, Yukon Territory. Canadian Gemmologist, 29 (2). pp. 48-53. ISSN 0226-7446. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130501-133423224

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Abstract

Dark blue aquamarine was discovered in the Yukon Territory in 2003. The crystals occur in a swarm of quartz ± siderite ± fluorite ± allanite veins that fill tension gashes in a syenite stock. Previous studies suggest a metamorphic origin for the mineralizing fluid and local derivation of vein constituents. The dark blue beryl contains nearly 6.0 wt.% iron oxide and the colour is thought to be due to intervalence charge-transfer between Fe^(2+) and Fe^(3+) cations. Five stones weighing up to 0.82 carat were faceted in 2003, but these are heavily fractured and included. However, many of the smaller crystals discovered to date are transparent.


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Rossman, George R.0000-0002-4571-6884
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