COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TOURMALINE FROM THE QUINTOS PEGMATITE, BORBOREMA PEGMATITE PROVINCE, BRAZIL; REDISTRIBUTION OF Cu, Mn, Fe AND Zn IN SECONDARY TOURMALINE

• Authors: NOVÁK Milan; GADAS Petr; ŠKODA Radek; BEURLEN Hartmut; MOURA Odulio J.M.
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Asociación Geológica Argentina
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: elbaite pegmatite secondary alteartion
• Description: We examined compositional changes during primary and secondary crystallization of tourmaline from the Quintos pegmatite, Borborema pegmatite province, Brazil focused especially on behavior of Cu, MN, Fe and Zn.

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