Surinamite Visible Spectra (300 - 1500 nm)
Surinamite has the chemical formula: (Mg,Fe)3Al4BeSi3O16
Image of the surinamite absorption spectrum
- Surinamite EG-99012207;
from Christmas Pint, Casey Bay, East Antarctica. Plotted
as
10.0 mm thick (normalized from 0.030 mm). Data from
Barbier
J, Grew ES, Halenius E, Halenus U, Yates MG (2002) The role of iron and
cation order in the crystal chemistry of surinamite, (Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)3O[AlBeSi3O15]:
A crystal structure, Mossbauer spectroscopic, and optical
spectroscopic study. American Mineralogist 87, 501-513.
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