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  1. Spectroscopic and ab initio studies of the pressure-induced Fe2+ high-spin-to-low-spin electronic transition in natural triphylite–lithiophilite

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  2. Evidence for a pressure-induced spin transition in olivine-type LiFePO4 triphylite

    Article • May 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  3. Optical Spectroscopic and Colorimetric Study of Pyroxenes From Fenitized Rocks of the Chernihivka Carbonatite Massif of the Azov Region

    Article • Mineralogical Journal, January 2018, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  4. synthetic Fe3+-bearing beryl

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  5. Optical absorption, Mössbauer, and FTIR spectroscopic studies of two blue bazzites

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  6. High-Pressure Transition of Fe2+ From Low- to High-Spin Electronic State in Siderite: Optical Absorption Study

    Article • Mineralogical Journal, January 2017, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  7. Usambara effect in tourmaline: optical spectroscopy and colourimetric studies

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, August 2016, Mineralogical Society

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  8. Crystal Chemistry, Optical Spectra and Color of Beryl. I. Heliodor and Golden Beryl — Two Varieties of Natural Yellow Beryl

    Article • Mineralogical Journal, January 2016, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  9. Spectroscopy of red dravite from northern Tanzania

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  10. Tourmaline with the Usambara Effect (Optical Spectroscopic Study)

    Article • Mineralogical Journal, January 2015, Co. Ltd. Ukrinformnauka

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  11. Synthetic and natural chromium-bearing spinels: an optical spectroscopy study

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  12. Hydrogen incorporation and the oxidation state of iron in ringwoodite: A spectroscopic study

    Article • American Mineralogist, March 2013, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  13. Fe2+, Mg-distribution among non-equivalent structural sites M1 and M2 in natural olivines: an optical spectroscopy study

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  14. Coupled H and Nb, Cr, and V trace element behavior in synthetic rutile at 600  C, 400 MPa and possible geological application

    Article • American Mineralogist, December 2012, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  15. FTIR spectroscopic study of natural andalusite showing electronic Fe–Ti charge-transfer processes: zoning and thermal evolution of OH-vibration bands

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  16. Optical absorption spectroscopy study of three synthetic V3+-bearing clinopyroxenes

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, October 2012, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  17. Pressure-induced hydrogen bond symmetrisation in guyanaite, β-CrOOH: evidence from spectroscopy and ab initio simulations

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, October 2012, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  18. Structural relaxation and crystal field stabilization in Cr3+-containing oxides and silicates

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  19. New accurate compression data for γ-Fe2SiO4

    Article • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, December 2010, Elsevier

    Mr Lars F Lundegaard, Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  20. High-pressure electronic absorption spectroscopy of natural and synthetic Cr3+-bearing clinopyroxenes

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  21. Optical absorption of electronic Fe–Ti charge-transfer transition in natural andalusite: the thermal stability of the charge-transfer band

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  22. Titanium-bearing pyroxenes of some E asteroids: Coexisting of igneous and hydrated rocks

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, August 2010, Elsevier

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  23. Optical spectroscopic study of natural Fe-rich Pizzo Forno staurolite at different temperatures and pressures

    Article • American Mineralogist, February 2010, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  24. Optical spectroscopic study of tetrahedrally coordinated Co2+ in natural spinel and staurolite at different temperatures and pressures

    Article • American Mineralogist, November 2009, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  25. Spectroscopic studies of synthetic and natural ringwoodite, γ-(Mg, Fe)2SiO4

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  26. Pressure dependence of color of natural uvarovite: the barochromic effect

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  27. Optical spectroscopic study of synthetic NaScSi2O6–CaNiSi2O6 pyroxenes at normal and high pressures

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  28. High-pressure optical spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies on synthetic cobalt aluminum silicate garnet

    Article • American Mineralogist, October 2007, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  29. Electronic absorption spectra of phosphate minerals with olivine-type Structures: II. The oxidized minerals ferrisicklerite, M1[6](□1−xLix)M2[6](Fe3+1−xMn2+

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, August 2007, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  30. Optical absorption study of natural garnets of almandine-skiagite composition showing intervalence Fe2+ + Fe3+ -> Fe3+ + Fe2+ charge-transfer transition

    Article • American Mineralogist, May 2007, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  31. Octahedral cation ordering in Mg, Fe2+-olivine: an optical absorption spectroscopic study

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  32. Electronic absorption spectra of phosphate minerals with olivine-type structures: I. Members of the triphylite-lithiophilite series, M1[6]LiM2[6](Fex2+Mn1-x2+)[PO4]

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, May 2006, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  33. Infrared spectroscopy study of nitrogen centers in microdiamonds from Ukrainian Neogene placers

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, February 2006, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  34. Luminescence spectroscopic study of Cr3+ in Brazilian topazes from Ouro Preto

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  35. Absorption properties of synthetic Cr-doped spinels in the UV, visible and infrared range and their astronomical implications

    Article • Mineralogy and Petrology, November 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  36. Electronic absorption spectroscopy of natural (Fe2+, Fe3+)-bearing spinels of spinel s.s.-hercynite and gahnite-hercynite solid solutions at different temperatures and high-pressures

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  37. On unusual deep-violet microcrystals of diamonds from placers of Ukraine

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, March 2004, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  38. Characterizing 21 Lutetia with its Reflectance Spectra

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  39. Optical spectroscopy study of variously colored gem-quality topazes from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  40. Spectroscopic study of natural gem quality "Imperial"-Topazes from Ouro Preto, Brazil

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, August 2003, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  41. Single-crystal high-pressure electronic absorption spectroscopic study of natural orthopyroxenes

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, August 2003, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  42. High-temperature, high-pressure optical spectroscopic study of ferric-iron-bearing tourmaline

    Article • American Mineralogist, August 2002, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  43. Single-crystal electronic absorption spectroscopy of synthetic chromium-, cobalt-, and vanadium-bearing pyropes at different temperatures and pressures

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  44. Optical spectroscopic study of tuhualite and a re-examination of the beryl, cordierite, and osumilite spectra

    Article • American Mineralogist, September 2001, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  45. Spectroscopic standards for four- and fivefold-coordinated Fe2+in oxygen-based minerals

    Article • American Mineralogist, July 2001, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  46. Optical spectra of Co2+in three synthetic silicate minerals

    Article • American Mineralogist, July 2001, Mineralogical Society of America

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  47. Electronic absorption spectra of Fe 2+ ions in oxygen-based rock-forming minerals at temperatures between 297 and 600 K

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  48. Fe2+ -Ti4+ charge-transfer in dumortierite

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, May 2000, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  49. Electronic absorption spectra of Fe3+ in andradite and epidote at different temperatures and pressures

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, February 2000, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  50. Optical spectroscopy study of natural Fe, Ti-bearing calcic amphiboles

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, November 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  51. Compression moduli of Cr 3+ -centered octahedra in a variety of oxygen-based rock-forming minerals

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, February 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  52. Pressure- and temperature-effects on exchange-coupled-pair bands in electronic spectra of some oxygen-based iron-bearing minerals

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, July 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  53. Temperature dependent polarized single crystal absorption spectra of kaemmererite

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, July 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  54. Optical absorption investigation of Cr3+ ion-bearing minerals in the temperature range 77?797 K

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, October 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  55. Optical absorption spectroscopy of synthetic tourmalines

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, August 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  56. Optical and m�ssbauer study of minerals of the eudialyte group

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, August 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  57. Polarized optical absorption spectra of synthetic chromium doped Mg2SiO4 (forsterite)

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, July 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  58. Fe2+-Ti4+ charge-transfer in garnets from mantle eclogites

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, February 1991, Schweizerbart

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  59. Optical spectra of Cu2+ ions in synthetic beryl

    Article • Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, November 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran

  60. Optical absorption spectra of iron ions in vivianite

    Article • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, December 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof., Doc. Michail N. Taran