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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A pale blue green [[pigment]] made from copper salts (Bucher 1996). The term has also been used generically when XRF determines that a green color pigment that contains copper.
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1) A pale blue green [[pigment]] made from copper salts (Bucher 1996).  
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2) A generic term used when XRF analysis determines that a green color pigment contains copper. In this case the term can refer to [[malachite]] as well as copper trihydroxychlorides ([[atacamite]], [[paratacamite]], clinoatacamite, [[botallackite]]), copper acetates ([[verdigris]]), copper sulfates ([[antlerite]], [[brochantite]]) and others (Tyrolite, Veszelyite).
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==Synonyms and Related Terms==
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copper salts
  
 
==Resources and Citations==
 
==Resources and Citations==
  
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* Ruth Siddall, 'Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials' ''Minerals'' Vol 8, p. 201 (2018). [https://www.academia.edu/36588315/Mineral_Pigments_in_Archaeology_Their_Analysis_and_the_Range_of_Available_Materials?email_work_card=view-paper Link]
 
* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
 
* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  

Revision as of 13:31, 28 February 2024

Copper green glaze
MFA# 50.879

Description

1) A pale blue green Pigment made from copper salts (Bucher 1996).

2) A generic term used when XRF analysis determines that a green color pigment contains copper. In this case the term can refer to Malachite as well as copper trihydroxychlorides (Atacamite, Paratacamite, clinoatacamite, Botallackite), copper acetates (Verdigris), copper sulfates (Antlerite, Brochantite) and others (Tyrolite, Veszelyite).

Synonyms and Related Terms

copper salts

Resources and Citations

  • Ruth Siddall, 'Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials' Minerals Vol 8, p. 201 (2018). Link
  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

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