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Amber from México: Coahuilite, Simojovelite and Bacalite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2014

Francisco Riquelme ,
José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil ,
Jesús Alvarado-Ortega ,
Emilio Estrada-Ruiz ,
Martin Galicia-Chávez ,
Hector Porras-Múzquiz ,
Vivian Stojanoff ,
D. Peter Siddons  and
Lisa Miller
Francisco Riquelme
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuidad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, D. F., Mexico. Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 20-364, Mexico D.F. 01000, Mexico. e-mail: riquelme.fc@gmail.com
José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 20-364, Mexico D.F. 01000, Mexico. e-mail: riquelme.fc@gmail.com
Jesús Alvarado-Ortega
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F. 01000, Mexico.
Emilio Estrada-Ruiz
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico DF 11340, Mexico.
Martin Galicia-Chávez
Affiliation:
Grupo MINOSA, Unidad Minerales Monclova, Coahuila 26350, Mexico.
Hector Porras-Múzquiz
Affiliation:
Museo de Múzquiz, Múzquiz Centro, Coahuila 26340, Mexico.
Vivian Stojanoff
Affiliation:
Photon Science Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA.
D. Peter Siddons
Affiliation:
Photon Science Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA.
Lisa Miller
Affiliation:
Photon Science Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA.
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Abstract

Coahuilite, a new variety of amber is described from the Late Cretaceous Olmos Formation (ca. 73 Ma.), Coahuila, north of México. This amber is totally distinct chemically and stratigraphically from the Miocene Chiapas amber (ca. 23-13 Ma.), Southern México, which according to mineral nomenclature is currently known as Simojovelite var. nov. Additionally, an emended description of Bacalite is proposed, based on the physicochemical analysis and geological record of a fossil resin recently recovery from the Late Cretaceous El Gallo Formation (ca. 73 Ma.), Baja California, northwestern México. The results are supported by characterization of such ambers using synchrotron-based Infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1618: Symposium 8A – Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Issues in Materials Science , 2014 , pp. 169 - 180
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