Alphabetical M

Alphabetical Listing for M

Updated 6/24/2023 by GR Rossman

Ma C, Goreva JS, Rossman GR (2002). Fibrous nanoinclusions in massive rose quartz: HRTEM and AEM investigations. American Mineralogist 87, 269-276.
Ma CA, Han WB.(1992) On fluorite color mechanism. Vocanoloty and MIneral Resources 13, 53-62 (in Chinese)
Ma Hy, Cui DA, Qin ZL, He Z, Mu SC (2006) Spectroscopic characterization of the rare mineral-pyromorphite. Acta Mineralogica Sinica 25, 165-168. (In Chinese)
Mackey, DJ, McMeeking RF, Hitchman MA (1979) Magnetic anisotropy and electronic structure of gillespite, a mineral containing planar, four-coordinate, high-spin iron(II). Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions: Inorganic Chemistry (1972-1999) (2), 299-305
MacKenzie KJD, Green JM (1971) The cause of coloration in Derbyshire Blue John banded fluorite and other blue banded fluorites. Mineral Mag 38, 459-470.
MacKenzie KJD (1972) The possible role of sulphur in the coloration of Blue John fluorite. Mineral Mag 38:979-981
Mäki J-M, Tuomisto F, Kelly CJ, Fisher D, Martineau PM (2009) Properties of optically active vacancy clusters in type IIa diamond. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 21, 364216.
Makovsky J (1966) Multiple optical spectra of trivalent gadolinium in crystals of the fluorite type. Physics of Quantum Electronics Confrence Proceedings (1966), 340-9.
Maksimovic Z, Panto Gy, Poharc-Logar V, Logar M (1994) Mineralogy, chemistry and origin of color of chrysoprase and green opal (prasopal) from Glavica nickel deposit, South Serbia. Bulletin - Academie Serbe des Sciences et des Arts, Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Naturelles: Sciences Naturelles 35, 1-18.
Malsy A, Klemm L (2010) Distinction of Gem Spinels from the Himalayan Mountain Belt. Chimia 64 (2010) 741–746
Malsy A, Karampelas S, Schwarz D, Klemm L, Armbruster T, Taun DA (2012) Orangey-red to orangey-pink gem spinels from a new deposit at Lang Chap (Tan Huong-Truc Lau), Vietnam. Journal of Gemmology 37:19-27.
Manceau A, Calas G, Decarreau A (1985) Nickel-bearing clay minerals: I. Optical spectroscopic study of nickel crystal chemistry. Clay Minerals 21:341-360
Manceau A, Calas G (1987) Absence of evidence for Ni/Si substitution in phyllosilicates. Clay Minerals 22:357-362.v
Maneewong A, Pangza K, Jangsawang N, Charoennam T (2016) Effect of Heat Treatment and Electron Beam Irradiation Tourmaline: UV-Visible, EPR, and Mid-IR Spectroscopic Analyses.Walailak Journal of Science & Techology 13, 993-1003.
Maneewong A, Seong BS, Shin J, Kim JS, Kajornrith V (2016) Color Change of Tourmaline by Heat Treatment and Electron Beam Irradiation: UV-Visible, EPR, and Mid-IR Spectroscopic Analyses. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 68, 83-92.
Maneewong A, Seong BS, Shin J, Kim JS, Kajornrith V (2016) Neutron-diffraction Studies of the Crystal Structure and the Color Enhancement in γ-irradiated Tourmaline. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 68, 329-339.
Maneewong A, Pangza K, Charoennam T, Thamrongsiripak N, Jangsawang N (2019) The Impact of Electron Beam Irradiation in Topaz Quality Enhancement. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1285, 012022, 7 pages.

Manning PG (1966) Cu(II) in octahedral sites in sphalerite. Canadian Mineralogist 8, 567-571.
Manning PG (1967) Absorption spectra of Fe(III) in octahedral sites in sphalerite. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 57-64.
Manning PG (1967) The optical absorption spectra of some andradites and the identification of the 6A1 - 4A14E(G) transition in octahedrally bonded Fe3+. Canadian J Earth Sci 4:1039-1047
Manning PG (1967) The optical absorption spectra of the garnets almandine-pyrope, pyrope, and spessartite and some structural interpretations of mineralogical significance. Canadian Mineralogist 9:237-251
Manning PG (1968) Absorption spectra of the manganese-bearing chain silicates pyroxmanganite, rhodonite, bustamite and serandite. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 348-357
Manning PG (1968) An optical absorption study of the origin of colour and pleochroism in pink and brown tourmalines. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 678-690.
Manning PG (1968) Optical absorption spectra of octahedrally bonded Fe3+ in vesuvianite. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 5, 89-92.
Manning PG (1969) An optical absorption study of the origin of colour and pleochroism in pink and brown tourmalines. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 678-690
Manning PG (1969) On the origin of colour and pleochroism of astrophyllite and brown clintonite. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 663-677
Manning PG (1969) Optical absorption studies of grossular, andradite (var. colophonite) and uvarovite. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 723-729
Manning PG (1969) Optical absorption spectra of chromium-bearing tourmaline, black tourmaline and buergerite. Canadian Mineralogist 9, 57-70
Manning PG (1970) Racah parameters and the relationship to lengths and covalence of Mn2+- and Fe3+-oxygen bonds in silicates. Canadian Mineralogist 10, 677-688.
Manning PG, Townsend MG (1970) Effect of next-nearest neighbour interaction on oscillator strengths in garnets. J Phys Chem 3, L14-15
Manning PG, Harris DC (1970) Optical-absorption and electron-microprobe studies of some high-Ti andradites. Canadian Mineralogist 10, 260-271
Manning PG, Nickel EH (1970) A spectral study of the origin of colour and pleochroism of a titanaugite from Kaiserstuhl and of a riebeckite from St. Peter's Dome, Colorado. Canadian Mineralogist 10, 71-83
Manning PG (1972) Optical absorption spectra of Fe3+ in octahedral and tetrahedral sites in natural garnets. Canadian Mineralogist 11:826-839
Manning PG (1973) Extinction coefficients of Fe3+ spectral bands in oxides and silicates as indicators of local crystal composition. Canadian Mineralogist 12:120-123
Manning PG (1973) Effect of second-nearest-neighbour interaction on Mn3+ absorption in pink and black tourmalines. Canadian Mineralogist 11:971-977
Manning PG (1973) Intensities and half-widths of octahedral-Fe3+ crystal-field bands and Rachah parameters as indicators of next-nearest-neighbour interactions in garnets. Canadian Mineralogist 12, 215-218.
Manning PG, Tricker MJ (1975) Optical absorption and Mössbauer spectral studies of iron and titanium site-populations in vesuvianites. Canadian Mineralogist 13:259-265
Manning PG (1975) Charge-transfer processes and the origin of colour and of pleochroism of some Ti-rich vesuvianites. Canadian Mineralogist 13:110-116
Manning PG (1976) Ferrous-ferric interaction on adjacent face-sharing antiprismatic sites in vesuvianites: evidence for ferric ion in eight coordination. Canadian Mineralogist 14:216-220
Manning PG (1977) Charge-transfer interactions and the origin of color in brown vesuvianite. Canadian Mineralogist15:508-511
Manning PG, Owens DR (1977) Electron microprobe, X-ray diffraction, and spectral studies of South African and British Columbian "jades". Canadian Mineralogist 15, 512-517.

Mao HK, Bell PM (1971) Crystal field spectra. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 70:207-215
Mao HK, Bell PM (1972) Interpretation of the pressure effect on the optical absorption bands of natural fayalite to 20 kb. Crystal field stabilization of the olivine-spinel transition. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 71:524-527
Mao HK, Bell PM (1972) Electrical conductivity and red shift of absorption in olivine and spinel at high pressure. Science, 176:403-406
Mao HK, Bell PM (1972) Optical and electrical behavior of olivine and spinel (Fe2SiO4) at high pressure. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 71:520-524
Mao HK, Bell, PM and Dickey, JS. (1972) Comparison of the crystal-field spectra of natural and synthetic chrome diopside. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 71:538-541
Mao HK (1973) Observations of optical absorption and electrical conductivitty in mangesiowustite at high pressures. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 72:554-557.
Mao HK, Bell PM (1973) Polarized crystal-field spectra of microparticles of the moon. In : Analytical Methods Developed for applicaton to Lunar Sample Analyses. ASTM STP 539, 100-119. Amer Soc. for Testing and Materials.
Mao HK, Bell PM (1973) Luna 20 plagioclase: Crystal-field effects and chemical analysis of iron. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 72:662-665.
Mao HK, Bell PM (1974) Crystal-field effects of ferric iron in goethite and lepidocrocite: band assignment and geochemical applications at high pressure. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 73, 502-507
Mao HK, Bell PM (1974) Crystal-field effects in spinel: oxidation states of iron and chromium. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 73, 332-341.
Mao HK, Bell PM (1974) Crystal field effects of trivalent titanium in fassaite from the Pueble de Allende meteorite. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 73, 488-492.
Mao HK, Seifert F (1974) A study of the crystal-field effects of iron in the amphiboles anthophyllite and gedrite. Carnegie Inst. Washington Yearbook 73, 500-502
Mao HK, Bell PM (1975) Crystal-field effects in spinel: oxidation states of iron and chromium. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 39, 865-874
Mao HK (1976) Charge-transfer processes at high pressure. In: The Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Rocks. RGJ Strens, ed., J Wiley, New York, p. 573-581
Mao HK, Bell PM, Virgo D (1977) Crystal-field spectra of fassaite from the Angra Dos Reis meteroite. Earth Planet Sci Let 35:352-356

Mao J, Chai LT, Guo S, Fan JL, Bao F (2013) Spectra of dark green jade from Myanmar. Guangpuxue yu guangpu fenxi [Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis] 33, 1388-1391.(In Chinese)
Marfunin AS, Platonov AN, Fedorov VE (1967) Iron(II) optical spectrum in sphalerite. Fizika Tverdogo Tela (Sankt-Peterburg) 9, 3616-3618 (in Russian)
Marfunin AS, Mineeva RM, Mkrtchyan AR, Nyussik YaM, Fedorov VE (1967) Optical and Moessbauer spectroscopy of iron in rock-forming silicates. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya Geologicheskaya 1967:86-102 (in Russian)
Marfunin AS, Platonov AN, Fedorov VE (1968) Optical spectrum of Fe2+ in sphalerite. Soviet Physics solid State, USSR. 9, 2847- (In Russian)
Marfunin AS, Mkrtchyan AR, Nadzharyan GN, Nyussik YM, Platonov AN (1971) Optical and Moessbauer spectra of iron in some layered silicates. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Geologicheskaya 1971, 87-93. (In Russian)
Marques C, Falcao A, da Silva RC, Alves E (2002) Structural and optical characterization of topaz implanted with Fe and Co. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 191, 312-316.
Marshall M, Runciman WA (1975) The absorption spectrum of rhodonite. American Mineralogist 60, 88-97.
Marusak LA, Messier R, White WB (1980) Optical absorption spectrum of hematite from near-IR to UV. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 41, 981-4.
Maschmeyer D, Niemann K, Hake H, Lehmann G, Rauber A (1980) Two modified smoky quartz centers in natural citrine. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 6, 145-156.
Maschmeyer D, Lehmann G (1983) A trapped-hole center causing rose coloration of natural quart. Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 163, 181-196.
Mashkovtsev RI (1995) Optical absorption in synthetic tourmalines containing Mn, Fe, Ni, and Cu. Geologiya i Geofizika 36, 122-6. in Russian.
Mashkovtsev RI, Smirnov SZ, Shigley JE (2006) The features of the Cu2+ entry into the structure of tourmaline. Journal of Structural Chemistry 47, 252-257.
Massi L, Fritsch E, Collins AT, Hainschwang T, Notari F (2005) The "amber centres" and their relation to the brown colour in diamond. Diamond and Related Materials 14, 1623-1629.
Mathew G, Karanth RV, Rao TKG, Deshpande RS (1998) Maxixe-type colour centre in natural colourless beryl from Orissa, India: an ESR and OA investigation. Journal of Gemmology 26, 238-251.
Mathew G, Karanth RV, Rao, TKG, Deshpande RS (2000) Colouration in natural beryls: A spectroscopic investigation. Journal of the Geological Society of India 56, 285-303.
Matkovskii AO, Platonov AN, Tarashchan AN, Sidorenko GA (1980) New data on the luminescence and spectroscopy of meta-autunite. Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal 2, 46-53. (In Russian)
Matkovskii AO, Platonov AN, Tarashchan AN (1983) Optical absorption spectra and color of uranyl-containing minerals. Mineralogicheskii Sbornik (Lvov) 37, 7-19. (In Russian)

Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN, Belichenko VP (1978) On the dependence spectroscopic parameters of Cr3+ ions on garnet composition. Konst Svoystv Mineral (Constitution and Properties of Minerals) 12:, 112-115 (in Russian)
Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN, Karkiv AD (1978) Typomorphic characteristics of the color of garnets and pyroxenes from deep xenoliths in kimberlites of Yakutia (Yakut ASSR). Konstitutsiya i Svoistva Mineralov (1978), 12, 76-88. (in Russian).
Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN, Taran MN, Smirnov GI, Povarennykh AS (1980) Blue-purple "alexandrite" effect in chromium-bearing pyropes. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, Seriya B: Geologichni, Khimichni ta Biologichni Nauki (1980), 27-32. In Ukrainian
Matysuk SS, Platonov AN, Khomenko VM (1985) Оптиуеские Спектры и Окраска Мантийных Минералов В Кимберлитах. [Optical Spectra and Coloring of Mantle Minerals in Kimberlites] Kiev, Naukova Dumka 248 p. (in Russian).
Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN, Genshaft YS, Saltykovskii AY, Slodkevich V, Kaminskii FV, Kepezinskas V (1988) Optical-spectropscopic study of garnets from deep-seated paragenesis. Izves Akad Nauk SSSR, Ser Geolog 1988:46-58 Iin Russian)
Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN, Bulanova GP (1989) Optical spectra of orange garnets included in diamonds. Doklady Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi SSR, Seriya B: Geologicheskie, Khimicheskie i Biologicheskie Nauki 1989, 15-18 (in Russian).
Matsyuk, SS, Platonov AN, Polshin EV, Taran MN, Tatarintsev VI, Badion NS, Vishnevski AA, Safronov AF, Smirnov GI (1989) Spinels of Mantle Rocks. Pavliship VI, editor. Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Kiev: Science Dumka 1989. 212 pages. (in Russian)
Matsyuk SS, Bartoshinskii ZV, Platonov AN, Bekesha SN, Vinichenko TG (1990) Optical spectra and color of diamonds from some deposits of Russia. Mineralogicheskii Sbornik (Lvov) 44:3-10 (in Russian)
Matsyuk SS, Platonov AN. Spbelev MV (1994) Effect of crystal chemical factors on optical spectra and coloration of chromium-containing garnets. Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii 60:141-151 (in Russian)
Matsyuk, S. S. (1999) Optically active centers as indicators of differentiation of the upper mantle primary material. Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal21, 20-38. (In Russian)
Matsyuk SS, Tsvelodub IF, Bugaenko VN (1999) Optical absroption spectra and color of the Mn-bearing garnets. Mineralogichesky Zhurnal 21: 44-59 (in Russian)
Matsyuk SS (1999) Mineralogy of rutile websterites from kimberlites: New data. Mineralogichesky Zhurnal 21:61-71
Matsyuk SS (1999) New data on the mineralogy of rutile websterites from kimberlites. Mineralogicheskii Zhurnal 21, 61-71. in Russian.

Mattson SM, Rossman GR (1984) Ferric iron in tourmaline. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 14:225-234
Mattson SM, Rossman GR (1986) Yellow, manganese-rich elbaite with manganese-titanium intervalence charge transfer. American Mineralogist 71, 599-602.
Mattson SM, Rossman GR (1987a) Identifying characteristics of charge transfer transitions in minerals. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 14, 94-99
Mattson SM, Rossman GR (1987) Fe2+-Fe3+ interactions in tourmaline. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 14:163–171.
Mattson SM, Rossman GR (1988) Fe2+-Ti4+ charge transfer in stoichiometric Fe2+, Ti4+-minerals. Phys Chem Minerals 16:78-82
Mauro D, Biagioni C, Hålenius U, Skogby H, Dottorini V, Bosi F (2022) Nickel- and Fe3+-rich oxy-dravite from the Artana Mn prospect, Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy). Journal of Geosciences 67, 141-150. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.346
May E, Notari F, Nicolas M (2019) Cobaltocalicite or Cobaltoan Calcite: A Swiss Answer. Journal of Gemmology 36, 685-686
Mazurak, Z. & Czaja, M. (1996): Optical properties of tsavorite Ca3Al2(SiO4)3: Cr3+,V3+ from Kenya. Journal of Lumininescence 65, 335–340.
McClure DS (1962) Optical spectra of transition metal ions in corundum. Journal of Chemical Physics 36, 2757-2779.
McClure DS (1963) Comparison of the crystal fields and optical spectra of Ce2O3 and ruby. Journal of Chemical Physics 38, 2757-2779.
McCammon CA, Pring A, Keppler H, Sharp T (1995) A study of bernalite, Fe(OH)₃, using Mössbauer spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 22, 1–20.
McLalulghlan SD, Evans HW (1968) Production of Colloidal Calcium by Electron Irradiation of CaF2, Crystals. phys. stat. sol. 27, 695-700.
Melankholin NM (1948) The coloration of micas. Doklady Akad Nauk SSSR 4, 223-229. (In Russian)
Melankholin NM (1948) Two types of coloring of ferruginous feldspars. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (1948), 60, 645-8.
Merkel PB, Breeding CM (2009) Spectral diffenentiation between copper and iron colorants in gem tourmalines. Gems & Gemology 45, 112-119.
Messner D, Smakula A (1960) Color Centers in Alkaline Earth Fluorides. Physical Review 120, 1163-1166.
Milisenda CC, Henn U (1996) Compositional characteristics of sapphires from a new find in Madagascar. Journal of Gemmology 25, 177-184.
Milisenda CC, Zang J (1999) Spessartine aus Nigeria. Gemmologie -Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 48, 223–226.
Mincheva-Stepanova J (1955) A hydrothermal cobaltoan smithsonite.Izvestiya na Geologicheskiya Institut, Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite 3, 3-24. In German.
Mincheva-Stefanova I, Platonov AN, Ostafiichuk IM, Matsyuk SS (1983) Colorimetric study of iron-poor sphalerites from some Bulgarian ore deposits. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya 17, 29-40. (In Bulgarian)
Mincheva-Stefanova, I, Neikov K (1991) Varieties of the hydrothermal smithsonite from the Sedmochislenici deposit, western Stara Planina. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya 27, 63-95. In Bulgarian.
Mineeva RM, Bershov LV, Marfunin AS, Petrov I, Hafner S (1992) The dimers (lead-lead)3+ in amazonite structure (in Russian). Geokhimiya 1992:1149-59
Minko OE, Makeev AB (1976) Optical absorption and luminescence spectra of some minerals from Vaigach Island and Amderma deposits. Vinokurov VM, Ed. Fiz Svoistva Miner Gorn Porod 1976, 104-9. In Russian.
Mitra S (1981) Nature and genesis of colour centers in yellow and colorless fluorite from Amba Dongar, Gujrat, India. N Jb Mineral 141:290-308
Mittani JCR, Watanabe S, Chubaci JFD, Matsuoka M, Baptista DL, Zawislak FC (2002) Radiation effects on colourless silicates of beryl. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 191:281-284
Monarumit N, Sakkaravej S, Wantanachaisaeng B, Saiyasombat C, Wongkokua W (2021) Causes of color in purple- and yellow- quartz. Siam Physics Congress, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1719, 012001.
Moon AR, Phillips MR (1991) Defect clustering in Fe,Te: α-Al2O3. Journal Physics and Chemistry of Solids 52, 1087-1099.
Moon AR, Phillips MR (1994) Defect clustering and color in Fe,Te: α-Al2O3. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 77, 356-367.
Moon JS (2022) Colour Origin of Brown Opal in Ethiopia. The Journal of the Gemmological Association of Hong Kong 18, 58-63.
Moore RK, White MB (1971) Intervalence electron transfer efiects in the spectra of the melanite garnets. American Mineralogist.56, 826-840.
Moore RK, White WB (1972) Electronic spectra of transition metal ions in silcate garnets. Canadian Mineralogist 11, 791-811.
Morozov M, Trinkler M, Plötz M, Kempe U (1996) Spectroscopic studies on fluorites from Li-F and alkaline granitic systems in central Kazakhstan. In: Shatov, Seltmann, Kremenetsky, Lehmann, Popov & Ermolov (Eds) Granite-Related Ore Deposits of Central Kazakhstan and Adjacent Areas. INTAS-93-1783 Project, St. Petersburg; pp 359-369
Morris RV Lauer HV, Lawson CA, Gibson EK, Nace GA, Stewart C (1985) Spectral and Other Physicochemica Properties of Submicron Powders of Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), Maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3), Magnetite (Fe3O4), Goethite (alpha-FeOOH), and Lepidocrocite (gamma-FeOOH). Journal of Geophysical Research 90, 3126-3144.
Moulton PF (1986) Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:A12O3. Journal of the Optical Society of America B 3, 125-133.
Moulton PF (1986) Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:A12O3. Journal of the Optical Society of America B 3, 125-133.
Moulton PF, Cederberg JG, Stevens KT, Foundos G, Koselja M, Preclikova J (2019) Characterization of absorption bands in Ti:sapphire crystals. Optical Materials Express 9, 2216-2251.
Mrosko M, Lenz S, McCammon CA, Taran M, Wirth R, Moch-Müller M (2013) Hydrogen incorporation and the oxidation state of iron in ringwoodite: A spectroscopic study. American Mineralogist, 629-636.
Mukherjee B (1951) Color of beryl. Nature 167, 602.
Muller R, Bunthard HH (1966) Spectroscopic Study of the Reduction of Nickel and Cobalt Ions in Sapphire. Journal of Chemical Physics 44, 365.
Murakami H, Takashima I, Nishida N, Shimoda S, Matsubara S (2000) Solubility and behavior of lead in green orthoclase (amazonite) from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Ganko 95, 71-84.