Optical Spectra of Topaz
1920s
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1950s
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1960s
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of the Volhynia topazes. Mineralogicheskii Sbornik (Lvov) 18,
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1970s
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trace water in zircon, quartz, and topaz. Amer Mineral 71:1186-1193.(2000).
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(1987) Irradiation-induced blue color in topaz. Evidence for the
formation of color centers by
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Minas Gerais, Brazil. Radiation Effects 106, 143-150.
1990s
- Priest
V, Cowan DL, Reichel DG, Ross FK (1990) A dangling-silicon-bond defect
in topaz. Journal of Applied Physics 68, 3035-3037.
- Taran MN, Langer K, Platonov AN, Indutny VV (1994) Optical
absorption investigation of Cr3+ ion-bearing minerals in the
temperature range 77-797 K. Phys Chem Minerals 21:360-372.
2000s
- Wang, Baisong; Tu, Jing (2000) Spectroscopic study of topaz Guangpuxue Yu Guangpu Fenxi 20, 40-43. In Chinese.
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C, Falcao A, da Silva RC, Alves E (2002) Structural and optical
characterization of topaz implanted with Fe and Co. Nuclear Instruments
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- Siidra OI; Evdokimov MD; Petrov SYa; Sokolov PB (2002)
Coloration mechanism of topazes and their spectral characteristics.
Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, Seriya 7: Geologiya,
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S, Rager H, Schurmann K, Taran M (2003) Spectroscopic study of natural
gem quality “Imperial”-Topazes from Ouro Preto, Brazil. European
Journal of Mineralogy 15, 701-706.
- Taran MN, Tarashchan AN, Rager H, Schott S, Shürmann K,
Iwanuch W (2003) Optical spectroscopy study of variously colored
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Silva DN, Guedes KJ, Pinheiro MVB, Spaeth JM, Krambrock K (2005) The
microscopic structure of the oxygen-aluminum hole center in natural and
neutron-irradiated blue topaz. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 32,
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- Krambrock
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Color centers in topaz: comparison between neutron and gamma
irradiation. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 34, 437–444.
- Leal
AS, Krambrock K, Ribeiro LGM, Menezes MABC, Vermaercke P, Sneyers L
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2010s
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W, Isotani S, Albuqulerque ARP (2012) Color Dependence on Thickness in
Topaz Crystal from Brazil. Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2012.
Article ID 873804, 8 pages
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Matsuoka M, Albuquerque ARPL (2013) Isothermal annealing of a 620 nm
optical absorption band in Brazilian topaz crystals. Physica B:
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properties of natural topaz. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science
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S, Seo J, Park H, Park J (2015) Spectroscopic characteristices of
topaz: The impact of electron beam irradiation and heat treatment.
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Trinkler L (2015) Optical properties of irradiated topaz crystals. IOP
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- Rout
PP, Sahoo RK, Singh SK, Mishra BK (2017) Spectroscopic investigation
and colour change of natural topaz exposed to PbO and CrO3 vapour. Vibrational Spectroscopy 88, 1-8.
- Greenidge D (2018) Investigations of color center phenomena in
Topaz and Quartz through electron spin resonance with reference to
optical absorption and nuclear magnetic resonance: Implications for extended mineral applications.
Malasian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sicneces. Special Issue on
Chromatography and Other Analytical Techniques (2018) 142-149.
- Ittipongse A, Maneewong A,
Ekaputra IMW (2018) The characteristics of electron irradiated topaz:
UV-Vis, EPR, and Mid-IR spectroscopic analyses. Materials Today:
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- 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.
2020s
- Udawatte CP, Abeyweera S, Perera LRK, Illangasinghe S,
Weerasooriya C, Sutthirat C, Jayasinghe N, Dharmaratne T, Diyabalanage
S (2023) Optimized conditions for cobalt diffusion in Sri Lankan
colorless topaz and coloration mechanism elucidation through
spectro-chemical investigation. Journal of Metals, Materials and
Minerals 33, 73-81.
- Basso R, Eames D, Hardman MF, Befus K, Sun Z (2023) Topaz from Mason County, Texas. Gems & Gemology 59, 414-431.