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Genetic model for the color anomalies at the termination of pegmatitic gem tourmaline crystals from the island of Elba, Italy
Alessandra Altieri
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Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale
Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Federico Pezzotta
MUM – Mineralogical Museum “Luigi Celleri”, Via Cavour 73, San
Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, 57034 Livorno, Italy
Giovanni B. Andreozzi
Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale
Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Henrik Skogby
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box
50007, 10405, Stockholm, Sweden
Ferdinando Bosi
Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale
Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Beatrice Celata, Ferdinando Bosi, Kira A. Musiyachenko, Andrey V. Korsakov, and Giovanni B. Andreozzi
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 797–811, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-797-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-797-2024, 2024
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The discovery of the K-dominant tourmaline maruyamaite with microdiamond inclusions suggested its ultrahigh-pressure formation. We analyzed the role of K in the tourmaline structure, with a special focus on its stability. High pressure is necessary to squeeze the large cation K+ in the stiff framework of tourmaline, although K is the underdog component if Na+ is present in the mineralizing fluid. K-tourmaline is stable at high pressure, overcoming the stereotype of a mere crustal component.
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 599–604, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 525–528, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 361–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 165–172, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-165-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-165-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
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Daniel Atencio, Andrezza A. Azzi, Kai Qu, Ritsuro Miyawaki, Ferdinando Bosi, and Koichi Momma
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 1027–1030, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, 2023
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This article introduces a new nomenclature system for the cerite group minerals. This system was necessary to allow the nomenclature of new species of minerals that are currently being described.
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 909–919, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, 2023
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Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 891–895, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-891-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-891-2023, 2023
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 659–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-659-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-659-2023, 2023
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 397–402, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-397-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-397-2023, 2023
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 285–293, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-285-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-285-2023, 2023
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Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 75–79, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-75-2023, 2023
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Elba tourmaline crystals commonly display a sharp transition to dark colors at the analogous termination, but the mechanisms leading to the formation of such terminations are unclear. Here we propose a general genetic model in which, as a consequence of a pocket rupture event, chemical alteration of early formed Fe-/Mn-rich minerals in the enclosing pegmatite was responsible for the release of Fe and/or Mn in the geochemical system, allowing the formation of the late-stage dark terminations.
Elba tourmaline crystals commonly display a sharp transition to dark colors at the analogous...