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We have measured spectra of the light emission from the frictional contact between the pin of natural diamond, synthetic fused silica, MgO, or NaCl and the disk of quartz or synthetic sapphire in a vacuum in the wavelength range between 380 and 1000nm. Each spectrum shows the relaxation of electronic excited vacancies, which are thought to be produced at the solid surface by mechanical abrasion.
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