First-Principles Study of Optical Absorption Energies, Ligand Field and Spin-Hamiltonian Parameters of Cr3+ Ions in Emeralds

M Atanasov, EL Andreici Eftimie, NM Avram… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein, we study the electronic structure, energies, and vibronic structure of optical dd
transitions of Cr3+ ions doped in beryl (Be3Si6Al2O18: Cr3+, emerald). A computational …

Gas-mediated trace element incorporation into rhyolite-hosted topaz: A synchrotron microbeam XAS study

DR Schaub, P Northrup, H Nekvasil… - American …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Magmatic gas exsolving during late-stage cooling of shallow magmas has been considered
an important facilitator of low-pressure alteration and metal transport. However, the chemical …

Implications of sound velocities of natural topaz on the seismic L‐discontinuity

S Chen, N Cai, S Wang, X Qi… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compressional and shear wave velocities of topaz have been measured by ultrasonic
interferometry in a multi‐anvil apparatus up to 13 GPa at room temperature. By fitting the …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear optical effects in natural topaz

R Filosa, GS Elettivo, M Ferraro, S Procopio… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the nonlinear optical properties of natural topaz. For the first time, the
observation of nonlinear phenomena related to multiphoton absorption effects, such as the …

Topaz, a potential volatile-carrier in cold subduction zone: Constraint from synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy at high temperature and high …

S Huang, J Xu, C Chen, B Li, Z Ye, W Chen, Y Kuang… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The equation of state and stability of topaz at high-pressure/high-temperature conditions
have been investigated by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman …

[HTML][HTML] 东北亚边缘地区地幔过渡带内滞留太平洋板片上界面的三重震相研究

苏慧, 魏荣强, 周元泽, 崔清辉, 李国辉 - 地球物理学报, 2023 - dzkx.org
东北亚地区下方地幔过渡带与太平洋俯冲滞留板片的相互作用对于区域深部物质运移和区域
构造演化具有重要影响. 基于中国国家数字台网记录的发生于鄂霍次克海与千岛群岛地区的两个 …

[PDF][PDF] GEM TOPAZ FROM THE SCHNECKENSTEIN CRAG, SAXONY, GERMANY: MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND LUMINESCENCE.

M Zeug, L Nasdala, C Hauzenberger - Gems & Gemology, 2022 - gia.edu
Yellow topaz from the Schneckenstein crag in Saxony, Germany, is a famous and historically
important gemstone. Surprisingly, mineralogical studies of the material are comparably …

High-pressure Cr3+ R-line luminescence of zoisite and kyanite: a probe of octahedral site distortion

EF O'Bannon III, Q Williams - Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2022 - Springer
The Cr3+ luminescence spectra of zoisite and kyanite, two geologically important minerals,
were studied up to 40 and 20 GPa, respectively, in various pressure media. Cr3+ substitutes …

New hydrous phases in the Al2O3-SiO2-H2O system under the mantle transition zone conditions

B Wang, J Liu, S Fu, P Xiao, L Li, X Ding… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Hydrous minerals in the subducting slabs are potential water carriers into the deep mantle,
and thus the synthesis of new hydrous phases is significant in our understanding of water …

Topaz-bearing Lower Ordovician orthogneiss within the Ostrong Nappe System–The Laimbach Orthogneiss (Bohemian Massif, Lower Austria)

A Geringer, C Iglseder, U Klötzli… - Austrian Journal of …, 2024 - sciendo.com
In the 1980s, large parts of the Bohemian Massif in Austria were explored for the occurrence
of raw materials (Göd, 1988), and a trace content of topaz was discovered in channels …