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Original paper

Riccardo Luppi, Henrik Skogby, Federico Pezzotta, Ulf Hålenius, Francesco Di Benedetto, Alfonso Zoleo, Ferdinando Bosi

From multicolored to Paraíba: the role of Mn in heat-induced color change in Cu-bearing tourmalines

Journal of Geosciences, volume 71 (2026), issue 1, 21 - 37

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0058.25

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