@article{fdi:010075315,
  title = {{F}ingerprinting paranesti rubies through oxygen isotopes},
  author = {{W}ang, {K}. {K}. and {G}raham, {I}. {T}. and {M}artin, {L}. and {V}oudouris, {P}. and {G}iuliani, {G}aston and {L}ay, {A}. and {H}arris, {S}. {J}. and {F}allick, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n this study, the oxygen isotope ({O}-18) composition of pink to red gem-quality rubies from {P}aranesti, {G}reece was investigated using in-situ secondary ionization mass spectrometry ({SIMS}) and laser-fluorination techniques. {P}aranesti rubies have a narrow range of {O}-18 values between similar to 0 and +1 parts per thousand and represent one of only a few cases worldwide where {O}-18 signatures can be used to distinguish them from other localities. {SIMS} analyses from this study and previous work by the authors suggests that the rubies formed under metamorphic/metasomatic conditions involving deeply penetrating meteoric waters along major crustal structures associated with the {N}estos {S}hear {Z}one. {SIMS} analyses also revealed slight variations in {O}-18 composition for two outcrops located just similar to 500 m apart: {PAR}-1 with a mean value of 1.0 parts per thousand +/- 0.42 parts per thousand and {PAR}-5 with a mean value of 0.14 parts per thousand +/- 0.24 parts per thousand. {T}his work adds to the growing use of in-situ methods to determine the origin of gem-quality corundum and re-confirms its usefulness in geographic "fingerprinting".},
  keywords = {rubies ; corundum ; in-situ oxygen isotopes ; {P}aranesti {G}reece ; {N}estos ; {S}hear {Z}one ; {S}econdary ion mass spectrometry ({SIMS}) ; {GRECE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}inerals},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {art. 91 [14 p.]},
  ISSN = {2075-163{X}},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.3390/min9020091},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075315},
}