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http://dx.doi.org/10.9710/kjm.2012.28.2.157

Pearl luster by chemical composition and internal structure of Akoya cultured pearl  

Sung, Min-Jun (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Park, Jimin (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Jang, Yun-Deuk (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
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The Korean Journal of Malacology / v.28, no.2, 2012 , pp. 157-164 More about this Journal
Abstract
The patterns in X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy provide useful clue at $29.4^{\circ}$ to discriminate two types of Akoya cultured pearl which occurs difference of surface luster. Using the optical microscope, we could be confirmed that the nareous layer of each sample consist of different crystal form. In Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy analysis, the nareous layer of Akoya cultured pearls with poor luster shows some peaks at 712, 699, 1435, $1444cm^{-1}$ region and these peaks depend on the Calcite. But the nareous layer of pearls with excellent luster could not observed those peaks related with Calcite, we could observed Aragonite band at 699, $1085cm^{-1}$ region. Though this result, we know that the nareous layer of Akoya cultured pearls with excellent luster is mainly composed by Aragonite. Raman bands are also clearly demonstrated to occur difference of band intensity by difference of Aragonite content. In the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis, we found that the Akoya cultured pearl luster and surface condition is associated with internal structure.
Keywords
XRD Patterns; Akoya cultured pearl; FT-IR; Aragonite; SEM;
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