From mastodon ivory to gemstone: The origin of turquoise color in odontolite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 86, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1519-1524

  Reiche, I ^a   Vignaud, C ^a   Champagnon, B ^a   Panczer, G ^a   Brouder, C ^a   Morin, G ^a   Sole V A ^a   Charlet, L ^a   Menu, M ^a  

^a Ibero Amerikanisches Institut Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM METALLOGRAPHY; COLOR; IONS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COLOR TRANSFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL LAYERS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MECHANISMS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORAPATITE; GEMSTONE; IVORY; MIOCENE; ODONTOLITE;

(SOUTH); FRANCE;

EID: 0035675915     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2001-11-1221     Document Type: Article

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