Terre verte

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Terre verte at 200x
Terre verte at 200x polarized light

Description

The French term for green earth pigments, e.g., Celadonite and Glauconite. Terre verte is sometimes imitated by mixtures of Naples yellow and Prussian blue.

See Green earth.

Raman

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XRD

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XRF

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Synonyms and Related Terms

terre verde; green earth; Grüne Erde (Deut.); terre verte (Fr.); prasini gi (Gr.); terra verde (It., Port.); groene aarde (Ned.)

Resources and Citations

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 610
  • R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982

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