Fool's gold, fool's paradise? Utilising X-ray micro-Computed Tomography to evaluate the effect of environmental conditions on the deterioration of pyritic fossils.
Natural history museums hold hundreds of thousands of mineral and fossil specimens containing iron sulfides, such as pyrite, all of which may be at risk from deterioration. Oxidation of these minerals causes cracking, crystal growth and powdering which, if unchecked, can eventually lead to the compl...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Institute of Conservation Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 213 - 225 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2020
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