Corrosion mineralogy of an 1800 Spanish piece of eight

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 585-594

  Craig, James R ^a   Callahan, John E ^a   Kimell, Joe T ^a   Solberg, Todd N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthite; Archeology; Atacamite; Coin; Copper; Corrosion; Environmental mineralogy; Piece of eight; Silver

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; SILVER; SULFUR; TEXTURES;

SILVER COINS;

CORROSION;

ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIALISM; GOLD; MINERALOGY; SILVER;

EID: 0036529077     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.2.585     Document Type: Article

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