{"id":761951,"date":"2023-08-01T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=761951"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:16:33","slug":"using-gemstones-unique-characteristics-to-uncover-ancient-trade-routes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=761951","title":{"rendered":"Using gemstones&#039; unique characteristics to uncover ancient trade routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gems&#8217; unique elemental composition and atomic orientation act as a fingerprint, enabling researchers to uncover the stones&#8217; past, and with it, historical trade routes. Scientists now employ three modern spectroscopic techniques to rapidly analyze gems found in the Arabian-Nubian Shield and compare them with similar gems from around the world. They have identified elements that influence gems&#8217; color, differentiated stones found within and outside the region, and distinguished natural from synthetic.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/08\/230801131633.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Using gemstones&#8217; unique characteristics to uncover ancient trade routes<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ScienceDaily&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gems&#8217; unique elemental composition and atomic orientation act as a fingerprint, enabling researchers to uncover the stones&#8217; past, and with it, historical trade routes. Scientists now employ three modern spectroscopic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=761951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=761951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=761951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=761951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}