Infrared and Raman spectra of serpentine jades after heating: Implications for the whitening mechanism of serpentine jade artifact excavated from the Shijiahe culture site.

The whitening of unearthed serpentine jade artifacts has long been considered a product of the burnt offering. Our heating experiments reveal that the serpentine jade can indeed turn completely opaque white at 700 °C, but it is achieved through the p…

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