Mineralogical characterization of the blue pigment of Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment"

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 997-1005

  Ballirano, Paolo ^a   Maras, Adriana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FT IR spectroscopy; Lazurite; Mineralogical characterization; Raman spectroscopy; Rietveld method; SAED; TEM; The Last Judgment

Indexed keywords

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; RIETVELD METHOD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LAZURITE; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SAED; THE LAST JUDGMENT;

SILICATE MINERALS;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33746996951     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2117     Document Type: Article

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