Chemical and mineralogical characterization of elbaites from the Alto Quixaba pegmatite, Seridó province, NE Brazil

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Ana C.m. Ferreira²  Valderez P. Ferreira¹  Dwight R. Soares¹  Hugo S. Vilarroel-leo¹ 

[1] ,UFCG Departamento de Mineração e Geologia Centro Gemológico do NordesteCampina Grande PB ,Brasil

关键词: elbaite;    tourmaline;    Seridó pegmatitic province;    elbaíta;    turmalina;    província pegmatítica do Seridó;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652005000400011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The Alto Quixaba pegmatite, Seridó region, northeastern Brazil, is a 60º/80ºSW-trending subvertical dike discordantly intruded into biotite schists of the Upper Neoproterozoic Seridó Formation. It has three distinct mineralogical and textural zones, besides a replacement body that cuts the pegmatite at its central portion and in which occur, among other gem minerals, colored elbaites. Elbaites usually occur as prismatic crystals, elongate according to the c-axis, with rounded faces and striations parallel to this axis. Optically, crystals are uniaxial negative with strong pleochroism; refractive index extraordinary axis = 1.619-1.622 and ordinary axis = 1.639-1.643, birefringence between 0.019 and 0.021, average relative density of 3.07, and the following unit cell parameters: ao = 15.845 Å, co = 7.085 Å and V = 1540.476 Å. There is alkali deficiency in the X site of 12-17%. The elbaites are relatively enriched in MnO (1.69 to 2.87%) and ZnO (up to 2.98%).

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