Micro-Raman spectroscopy of gem-quality chrysoprase from the Biga-Canakkale region of Turkey

• Published in: Journal of African Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Hatipoglu, Murat, Oren, Ufuk, Kibici, Yasar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2011
• Subjects: Chrysoprase; Chalcedonic-quartz; Dispersive confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy (DC mu RS); Biga-Canakkale region; Turkey; Patience; sami
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12438/3195; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.08.002

WOS: 000297891600001 The commercial quantities of gem-quality dark green chrysoprase are found as the fracture fillings covered with a weathering crust in the silicified serpentinites throughout the border of a metamorphic zone in the Biga-Canakkale region of Turkey. However, the green-stained opaqu...