Analysis of lapideus materials from the columns of the cathedral of St Maria in Randazzo (Catania, Italy) and from their ancient origin quarries

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-207

  Cultrone, Giuseppe ^a   Barone, Germana ^b   Gangemi, Giuseppe ^c   Ioppolo, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Via Salemi ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Columns; Mineralogy; Quarries; Randazzo cathedral

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041913037     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(01)01123-2     Document Type: Article

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