Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2013, Nr 11, pages 43-48 Fluorescence Methods for Studying Amber Koltovoi, N. A.1 Matsui, V. M.2 Summary:
The results of the study of amber-succinite and fossil resin samples by fluorescence spectroscopy are presented. Higher information value of fluorescence spectroscopy method compared to the method of infrared spectroscopy is shown.The fluorescence spectrum reflects the chemical composition of the samples and is very sensitive to the presence of trace impurities. The fluorescence spectra were recorded at excitation by lasers with different wavelengths. The high information content and the effectiveness of this method in the study of museum exhibits is shown. The defining of the deposit of the amber sample is possible without its destruction. It is also very easy to determine whether a sample of amber is natural or imitation. Keywords:
fossil resin, amber-succinite, fluorescence, optical properties, spectra, wavelength. Address:
1 Firm “Labmetod” Str. Timoshenko, 19, Moscow, 121359 Russia; e-mail: koltovoi@mail.ru;
2 National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030 Ukraine; e-mail: v_matsui@ukr.net summary ukr., summary ros., summary eng, pdf return
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