Luminescence Techniques and Their Importance in Gem Testing

Posted on January 1, 2014 by By Thomas Hainschwang, Franck Notari, Emmanuel Fritsch and Stefanos Karampelas

The study of gem materials is mainly based on the analysis of their optical and chemical properties. With the exception of certain chemical analysis techniques such as LIBS, ICPMS and SIMS which are destructive (generally…

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