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A miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometer (MIMOS II) which was designed and constructed for extraterrestrial applications, such as iron-containing rock and soil analysis on the planet Mars, has been employed to investigate the iron-containing constituents in the paintings of a Lekythos Greek vase. Greek pottery is commonly painted with black figures. The Mössbauer backscattering spectra recorded with MIMOS II at room temperature show that the hand-painted black figures contain hematite.
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On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Hendrik de Waard
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De Souza, P.A., Bernhardt, B., Klingelhöfer, G. et al. Surface analysis in archaeology using the miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometer MIMOS II. Hyperfine Interact 151, 125–130 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYPE.0000020408.92554.a6
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