NDLI: A multi-analytical approach for the assessment of the provenience of geological amber: the collection of the Earth Sciences Museum of Bari (Italy)

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Author	van der Werf, Inez Dorothé Mon, Alessandro Fico, Daniela Germinario, Giulia De Benedetto, Giuseppe Egidio Sabbatini, Luigia
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	The Earth Sciences Museum of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) exhibits a wide collection of amber samples. These have been catalogued as Baltic amber (succinite), Sicilian amber (simetite), amber from New Jersey, Apennine amber and New Zealand copaline. However, some samples revealed to be erroneously classified as a consequence of incorrect information on the labels or in the museum catalogue. This may be due to historical forgeries, as is often the case of simetite, or to a possible exchange of samples that probably occurred during the displacement of the museum collection from the Central University Building to the Geo-environmental and Earth Sciences Department. In this study, all amber samples were systematically investigated with long wave UV rays, attenuated total reflectance (ATR), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) using on-line thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation. The combined use of the latter two analytical techniques allowed for a complete characterisation of the ambers, whereas UV fluorescence showed to be of little value. The compositional data could be used for a better classification and valorisation of the amber samples of the museum collection. Two of the purported amber samples were shown to be copal, while four others are ambers but had been wrongly classified. Moreover, for some samples, it could be established that they had been subjected to treatment with a drying oil.
Starting Page	2182
Ending Page	2196
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09441344
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	16147499
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-05-27
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Amber Pyrolysis GC-MS ATR-FTIR Environment Environmental Chemistry Ecotoxicology Environmental Health Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Waste Water Technology Water Pollution Control Water Management Aquatic Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Medicine

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