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This is demonstration of Raman utility to study archaeological artefacts. This kind of lithic material cannot be cut and use of Raman is a good solution to get some mineralogical informations on the rock used to cut greenstone artefacts.
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This page is a summary of: Archaeometric application of the Raman microprobe to the non-destructive identification of two pre-Columbian ceremonial polished ‘greenstone’ axe-heads from Mesoamerica, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, September 1997, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4555(199709)28:93.0.co;2-9.
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