Fluorescence spectra of colored diamonds using a rapid, mobile spectrometer

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-351

  Eaton Magaña, Sally ^a,b   Post, Jeffrey E ^c   Heaney, Peter J ^d   Walters, Roy A ^e   Breeding, Christopher M ^b   Butler, James E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ocean Optics Inc   (United States)

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EID: 38849114337     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.43.4.332     Document Type: Article

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