Study of “amethysts” from the French Crown Jewels
Stefanos Karampelas, Eloïse Gaillou, Annabelle Herreweghe, Ugo Hennebois, Farida Maouche, Romain Bolzoni, Steven Riou, Quentin Dartois, Bérengère Meslin Sainte Beuve, Christelle Gliksman, Thiala Magalhaes, Valentine Demetz, Aurélien Delaunay
Application of Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) for the determination of mineral pigments in jasper
The identification of pigments is carried out routinely mostly by X-ray diffraction, FTIR and Raman
Cross-Cultural Provenance and Characterization of Turquoise Artefacts: A Multi-Analytical Non-Destructive Study of Reshui Tomb Cluster, China (744 AD) and Tepeh Zagheh, Iran (5200–4200 BCE)
Turquoise has long held considerable cultural, economic, and symbolic significance across ancient ci