Characterization and discrimination of some gem silicate minerals adopting LIBS, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopic techniques

In this paper, characterization and discrimination of some silicate gems (gemstones and low-gem quality varieties) from ancient Egyptian mines have been performed for the first time adopting molecular and elemental spectroscopic techniques. The selected gem groups are peridot, beryl/emerald, amazoni...

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Main Authors: Amal Abdelfattah Khedr, Adel A. Surour, Ahmed El-Hussein, Mahmoud Abdelhamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2023-08-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0157623