Published July 1974
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Journal Article
Lavender Jade. The Optical Spectrum of Fe^(3+) and Fe^(2+)→ Fe^(3+)Intervalence Charge Transfer in Jadeite from Burma
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Abstract
The optical spectra of green, white, and lavender jadeite have been studied. Ferric iron is responsible for the color in the green jadeite. It is proposed that ferrous-ferric iron intervalence charge transfer is responsible for the lavender color of jadeite.
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© 1974 Mineralogical Society of America. Manuscript Received January 31, 1974; accepted for publication April 1, 1974. Warren R. Jones of the Venice Lapidary Guild is acknowledged for providing several of the jadeite specimens used in this study.Additional details
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