Raman spectroscopy applied to Gemmology

European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 455-489

  Fritsch, Emmanuel ^a   Rondeau, Benjamin ^b   Hainschwang, Thomas ^c,d   Karampelas, Stefanos ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c GGTL Laboratories GEMLAB (Liechtenstein)   (Liechtenstein)

^d Gübelin Gem Laboratories ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Gübelin Gem Lab   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84878289747     PISSN: 14172917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1180/EMU-notes.12.13     Document Type: Article

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