Green Copper Pigments of Old Russian Frescoes

Autor: M. M. Naumova, G. O. Nechiporenko, S. A. Pisareva
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Studies in Conservation. 35:81
ISSN: 0039-3630
DOI: 10.2307/1506196
Popis: The study of frescoes dating back to the early sixteenth century in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin of the St Pherapont monastery revealed the presence of green copper pigments such as malachite, atacamite, posnjakite and natural pseudo-malachite. The minerals were identified by light microscopy, X-ray microspectrometry and X-ray diffraction.
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