The use of Raman spectroscopy in the characterization of variscite provenance the Gavà case

• Published in: La parure en callaïs du Néolithique européen p. 241
• Main Authors: Joan Carlos Melgarejo, Laia Arqués, Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent, Tariq Jahwari, Lisard Torró, Josep Bosch Argilagós, Montgarri Castillo-Oliver, Marc Campeny, Sandra Amores, Aleu Andreazini, Saleh Lehbib, Antoni Camprubí
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: French
• Published: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 29.08.2019

The use of variscite for the production of ornaments has been recorded in many countries (Herbaut and Querré, 2004). Variscite is a relatively uncommon phosphate mineral, and in spite of its enormous signification in Archaeology, it has not been enough studied by the mineralogists. Ornaments carved...