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Conditions for generation and persistence of gem-beryl in Licungo pegmatites (Zambezia, Mozambique)"

Abstract

No Campo Pegmatítico do Licungo ocorrem berilos azuis que atingem qualidade gemológica como cristais euédricos pequenos (c 2 g) no interior de gigacristais no Domínio Estrutural Norte (Ígaro e Vila Maior). Em ambos os casos, trata-se de águas-marinhas primárias, com altos teores de Fe transferido a partir de rochas meta-ultramáficas encaixantes e altos teores de álcalis preservados perante eventos deformacionais e hidrotermais ulteriores.At the Licungo Pegmatitic Field, blue beryl gemstones occur as small euedric crystals (c 2 g) inside large beryl crystals in the Northern Structural Domain. In both domains, the crystals are primary aquamarines with high Fe content transferred from meta-ultramafic country rocks and high alkali content. The contents of Fe and alkali were preserved even during the deformation and hydrothermal fluids interaction

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