Gemmological Characteristic of A Colour-Changed Sapphire from Tanzania
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摘要: 对1颗产自坦桑尼亚Umba具有特殊变色效应的蓝宝石样品进行观察研究, D65光源下显示为浅黄色, A光源下显示为浅紫红色, 长波紫外灯下(365 nm)呈现红色荧光。为研究该样品的内含物种类、微量元素、颜色与变色成因、荧光特性等宝石学性质, 采用显微观察与拍照、激光拉曼光谱仪、傅里叶变换红外光谱仪、激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(LA-ICP-MS)和紫外-可见分光光度计测试了该样品。分析发现, 该蓝宝石样品中有片针状的金红石包裹体、成簇的锆石包裹体、尺寸非常微小的高岭石包裹体。蓝宝石样品微量元素主要有Cr、V、Ti、Mg、Fe等, 在可见光区以560 nm为中心的宽缓吸收带导致了变色效应, 结合蓝宝石的电荷补偿理论与微量元素含量, 该吸收带主要由Cr和V产生。根据光致发光光谱与微量元素, 该蓝宝石样品的红色荧光由Cr产生。Abstract: The sample in this study is a sapphire with special colour-chang effect produced in Umba, Tanzania. It shows pale yellow under D65 light source, light purple-red under light source A, and red fluorescence under long-wave UV light (365 nm). In order to study the gemmological characteristics of this sample, including inclusions, trace elements, colour and colour-chang effect, fluorescence characteristics and the other gemmological properties, this sample was tested by microscopic observation and photographing, Raman spectrometer, FTIR spectrometer, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer and UV-Vis spectrometer. It was found that there are needle-like rutile inclusions, cluster zircon inclusions and very small kaolinite inclusions. The trace elements in the sample are Cr, V, Ti, Mg, Fe, etc. The wide absorption band centered at 560 nm in visible region causes the colour-chang effect. Based on the charge compensation theory of sapphire and contents of trace elements, this absorption band is mainly caused by Cr and V. According to the photoluminescence spectrum and trace elements, the red fluorescence of the sample is produced by Cr.
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Keywords:
- sapphire /
- colour-chang effect /
- inclusion /
- gemmological characteristic /
- Tanzania
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中国地质大学(武汉)珠宝学院宝石成分及光谱分析室徐行老师在实验测试过程中提供了有帮助的建议,在此表示感谢。
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图 2 变色蓝宝石样品的内含物:聚片双晶纹与管状包裹体(a);大量针点状包裹体(b);管状包裹体(c);羽毛状包裹体(d);大量片状针状包裹体(e);聚成簇的晶体包裹体(f) (黄伟志拍摄)
Figure 2. Various inclusions in the colour-changed sapphire sample:Polyflake double grain and tubular inclusion (a); A large number of pinpoints inclusions (b); Tubular inclusion (c); Feathery inclusion (d); A large number of flaky inclusions and needle-like inclusions (e); Clustered crystal inclusions (f)(Photo by Huang Weizhi)
表 1 蓝宝石样品中的化学成分
Table 1 Chemical composition of sapphire sample
Al2O3
/%MgO
/ppmwP2O5
/ppmwK2O
/ppmwCaO
/ppmwTiO2
/ppmwV
/ppmwCr
/ppmwFeO
/ppmwGa
/ppmw99.1 43.6 402 22.0 161 79.6 21.7 40.6 4 720 58.2 表 2 变色蓝宝石样品中的致色微量元素
Table 2 Trace elements in colour-changed sapphire sample
/ppma Mg Ti Fe V Cr 22.1 20.3 1 340 8.65 15.9 -
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