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Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of a Mural Painting from Morgadal Grande, Mexico

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In this study, 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy has been applied to fragments of a mural painting excavated at Morgadal Grande, Mexico, to characterize the pigments used. A sextet attributable to hematite (α-Fe2O3) was clearly detected in the red fragments. The spectra of orange fragments showed a doublet attributable to paramagnetic high-spin Fe3+, which presumably originates from goethite (α-FeOOH) exhibiting superparamagnetic relaxation due to its small particle size. The blue fragments contained little iron. The scattered X-ray Mössbauer spectra revealed that the thickness of the pigments was larger than 20 μm.

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  1. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan

    A. Kuno & M. Matsuo

  2. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F., Mexico

    A. Pascual Soto

  3. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México D.F., Mexico

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Kuno, A., Matsuo, M., Soto, A.P. et al. Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of a Mural Painting from Morgadal Grande, Mexico. Hyperfine Interactions 156, 431–437 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYPE.0000043264.62906.6b

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