The maya blue pigment

Developments in Clay Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 453-481

  Del Río, Manuel Sánchez ^a   Doménech, Antonio ^b   Doménech Carbó, María Teresa ^c   De Agredos Pascual, María Luisa Vázquez ^b   Suárez, Mercedes ^d   García Romero, Emilia ^e,f  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84874660553     PISSN: 15724352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53607-5.00018-9     Document Type: Chapter

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