Color origin and heat evidence of paleontological bones: Case study of blue and gray bones from San Josecito cave, Mexico

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Chadefaux, Céline ^a   Vignaud, Colette ^a   Chalmin, Emilie ^b   Robles Camacho, Jasinto ^c   Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquin ^c,d   Johnson, Eileen ^d   Reiche, Ina ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color origin; Heat induced recrystallization; Mn5+ apatite; Paleontological blue bone; TEM; XANES

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; APATITE; CAVES; COLOR; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROXYAPATITE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; TETRAHEDRAL COORDINATION; XANES;

MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY;

APATITE; BONE; CAVE; COLOR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; PALEONTOLOGY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; REFLECTANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NUEVO LEON; SAN JOSECITO CAVE;

MASTODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650456829     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.2860     Document Type: Article

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