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• Magnetite
  * Luster = metallic to dull. ...Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Pigments"
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• Cinnabar
  * Luster = adamantine to dull. * Ruth Siddall, 'Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials' ''Mine
  5 KB (620 words) - 10:52, 1 March 2024
• Talc
  ...lor. Talc is so soft, it can be scratched with a fingernail. It has a waxy luster and a greasy feel. Steatite was used in antiquity for small carved objects, * Luster = pearly, greasy
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• Cerussite
  * Luster = adamantine to silky. * R.J.Gettens, H. Kuhn, and W.T. Chase, "Lead White", ''Artists Pigments'', Volume 2, A. Roy (ed.), Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1993.
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• Magnesite, natural
  * Luster = vitreous to silky [[media:download_file_534.pdf|Characteristics of Common White Pigments]]
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• Aragonite
  * Luster = vitreous to resinous ...Gettens, E. West Fitzhugh, R.Feller, "Calcium Carbonate Whites", ''Artists Pigments'', Vol. 2., A. Roy ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993.
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• Barite
  * Luster = vitreous; [[media:download_file_510.pdf|Characteristics of Common White Pigments]]
  4 KB (461 words) - 09:24, 2 May 2022
• Graphite
  * Luster = metallic * J.Winter, "The Characterization of Pigments Based on Carbon" ''Studies in Conservation'', 28:49-66, 1983.
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• Calcite
  * Luster = vitreous to pearly ...Gettens, E. West Fitzhugh, R.Feller, "Calcium Carbonate Whites", ''Artists Pigments'', Vol. 2., A. Roy ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993.
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• Gold
  * Luster = metallic. * R.D. Harley, ''Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835'', Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982
  4 KB (609 words) - 08:48, 28 June 2022
• Copper
  ...ly soluble in hydrochloric acid, ammonium hydroxide. Ductile, malleable. Luster = metallic. Streak = Copper red. Tarnish = black, blue, green ...colorimetric detection of copper in metal, corrosion products, stains, and pigments. It reacts with copper to form a red-brown cupric ferrocyanide. [[Dithizo
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• Platinum
  ...c crystal system-usually found as distorted cubes. Malleable and ductile. Luster = metallic. Streak = light gray. Does not tarnish. Slightly magnetic. * R.D. Harley, ''Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835'', Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982 Comment: "In the 18th
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• Quartz
  * Luster = vitreous to greasy [[media:download_file_512.pdf|Characteristics of Common White Pigments]]
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• Gypsum
  Luster = vitreous, silky or pearly. Streak = white. Fracture = conchoidal to spl [[media:download_file_531.pdf|Characteristics of Common White Pigments]]
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• Additive (adhesives, paints, and plastic)
  ...t naphthenate), but organic salts of most heavy metals are effective; some pigments also act as driers, such as [[lead oxide]] and [[manganese oxide]] ...to or mixed into paper pulp or cloth to decrease porosity, as well as add luster or weight, and increase stiffness; also called size.
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