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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Main Authors: Stefanos Karampelas, Fatima Mohamed, Hasan Abdulla, Fatema Almahmood, Latifa Flamarzi, Supharart Sangsawong, Abeer Alalawi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/6/357