Cavansite Visible Spectra (350 - 1050 nm)
The cavansite
absorption spectrum
- GRR 1888 spectrum,
6K; from near Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra,
India, 0.105 mm thick sample. The color of this material
comes from the VO2+ ion and varies
considerably with the direction in which it is observed.
It is blue
when polarized perpendicular to the prism axis to colorless
when parallel.. Data Files: E||a=beta
22K; E||c=gamma 22K;
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