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NIR Luminescence and Composition of Egyptian Blue as Markers in Archaeometric Evaluations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Admir Masic
Affiliation:
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Marco Nicola
Affiliation:
University of Turin, United States

Abstract

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Type
Portable- and Laboratory-based Approaches to Analysis in Cultural Heritage
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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