Distinguishing natural from synthetic amethyst: The presence and shape of the 3595 cm-1 peak

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Karampelas, Stefanos ^a,b   Fritsch, Emmanuel ^b   Zorba, T ^a   Paraskevopoulos, K M ^a   Sklavounos, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; AMETHYST; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ORIENTATION;

EID: 27844537437     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-005-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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