Chemical Characteristics of Freshwater and Saltwater Natural and Cultured Pearls from Different Bivalves
The present study applied Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) on a large number of natural and cultured pearls from saltwater and freshwater environments, which revealed that freshwater (natural and cultured) pearls contain relatively higher quantities of manganes...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-06-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/6/357 |