title: Applications of diamond crystal ATR FTIR spectroscopy to the characterization of ambers.
abstract: Diamond crystal ATR FTIR spectroscopy is a rapid technique with virtually no sample preparation which requires small sample amounts and showed potential in the study of ambers. FTIR spectra of ambers present discriminating patterns and can be used to distinguish amber from immature resins as copal, to determine local or Baltic origin of archaeological ambers and to detect most of the falsifications encountered in the amber commercialisation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique de l'Environnement, UMR 6171, IFR PMSE 112, Université Paul Cézanne Aix Marseille, Europôle de l'Arbois, Bâtiment Villemin, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 4, France. michel.guiliano@univ-cezanne.fr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guiliano
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asia
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onoratini
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mille
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber / Q000737:chemistry*; D001106:Archaeology; D003460:Crystallization; D018130:Diamond / Q000737:chemistry*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D012116:Resins, Plant / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D064028:Tracheophyta / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C062046:Alphacopal; D018647:Amber; D012116:Resins, Plant; D018130:Diamond