The nature of the pigments in Corals and Pearls: A contribution from Raman spectroscopy

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Bergamonti, Laura ^a   Bersani, Danilo ^a   Csermely, Davide ^a   Lottici, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcite; Carotenes; Corals; Pearls; Polyenes; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255205430     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2011.610399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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