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Electron Spin Resonance Characterization and Provenance of Marbles: The Case of the “Cipollino Verde”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Giovanna Armiento ,
Donato Attanasio  and
Rosario Platania
Giovanna Armiento
Affiliation:
IMAI, CNR, P.O. Box 10, 00016 Monterotondo Staz., Roma, Italy.
Donato Attanasio
Affiliation:
ICMAT, CNR, P.O. Box 10, 00016 Monterotondo Staz., Roma, Italy.
Rosario Platania
Affiliation:
IMAI, CNR, P.O. Box 10, 00016 Monterotondo Staz., Roma, Italy.
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Abstract

The possibility of using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (ESR) for identifying the quarries of provenance of classical marble artifacts has been reexamined and applied to the sample case of the so-called “Cipollino Verde” marble. The method gives qualitative and quantitative information on Mn2+ and other paramagnetic impurities present in marble and the assignment is made on a statistical basis, using a properly defined database. Like other, well established, techniques, ESR seldom yields an unequivocal answer to the provenance problem. However, it provides valuable information and, coupled with other methods, reduces the existing uncertainties often leading to the final assignment.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 462: Symposium DD – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V , 1996 , 331
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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