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2.4 Color of M<strong>in</strong>erals 43<br />

The fluorescence characteristics of a m<strong>in</strong>eral obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> one locality will generally<br />

not be identical with those of the same m<strong>in</strong>eral from other localities. M<strong>in</strong>or<br />

changes <strong>in</strong> the quantity or type of activator ion <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong> the m<strong>in</strong>eral structure<br />

will produce different fluorescent properties from locality to locality.<br />

Chermette (1985), Fritsch (1985), and Fritsch and Rossman (1987, 1988 a, b)<br />

have presented extensive reviews of the physical and chemical basis for m<strong>in</strong>eral<br />

color. Lehmann and Bambauer (1973) and Rossman (1994) expla<strong>in</strong> the basis of the<br />

color <strong>in</strong> silvery m<strong>in</strong>erals, particularly t<strong>in</strong>.

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