2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6963-z
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A multi-analytical approach for the assessment of the provenience of geological amber: the collection of the Earth Sciences Museum of Bari (Italy)

Abstract: The Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) exhibits a wide collection of amber samples. These have been catalogued as Baltic amber (succinite), Sicilian amber (simetite), amber from New Jersey, Apennine amber and New Zealand copaline. However, some samples revealed to be erroneously classified as a consequence of incorrect information on the labels or in the museum catalogue. This may be due to historical forgeries, as is often the case of simetite, or to a possible exchange of sampl… Show more

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“…Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy is not a widely accepted method due to problems with band distortions associated with anomalous dispersion, making comparisons to standards difficult. [17][18][19][20][21] Scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) is a commonly used method to characterise serpentinites in cases where small chemical differences exist between the different serpentine varieties. However, chemical differences are not systematic, and the literature contains many examples of Al-and Fe-enriched chrysotile and Mg(OH) 2 depleted chrysotile and lizardite.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy is not a widely accepted method due to problems with band distortions associated with anomalous dispersion, making comparisons to standards difficult. [17][18][19][20][21] Scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) is a commonly used method to characterise serpentinites in cases where small chemical differences exist between the different serpentine varieties. However, chemical differences are not systematic, and the literature contains many examples of Al-and Fe-enriched chrysotile and Mg(OH) 2 depleted chrysotile and lizardite.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%