Crystallographic and structural transformations of sedimentary chalcedony in flint upon heat treatment

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-144

  Schmidt, Patrick ^a   Masse, Sylvie ^b   Laurent, Guillaume ^b   Slodczyk, Aneta ^c   Le Bourhis, Eric ^d   Perrenoud, Christian ^a   Livage, Jacques ^b   Fröhlich, François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UMR 8233 CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Annealing; Flint; Heat treatment; Hydroxyl; Length fast chalcedony; Porosity; Silanole

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CHALCEDONY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLINT; HARDNESS; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; SILICA;

EID: 82955182191     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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