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µ-XRF Analysis of Trace Elements in Lapis Lazuli-Forming Minerals for a Provenance Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2015

Debora Angelici ,
Alessandro Borghi ,
Fabrizia Chiarelli ,
Roberto Cossio ,
Gianluca Gariani ,
Alessandro Lo Giudice ,
Alessandro Re ,
Giovanni Pratesi  and
Gloria Vaggelli
Debora Angelici*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Alessandro Borghi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy
Fabrizia Chiarelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Roberto Cossio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy
Gianluca Gariani
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Alessandro Lo Giudice
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy INFN Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Alessandro Re
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy INFN Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Giovanni Pratesi
Affiliation:
Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Gloria Vaggelli
Affiliation:
CNR—Isitituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.[email protected]
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Abstract

This paper presents new developments on the provenance study of lapis lazuli started by our group in 2008: during the years a multi-technique approach has been exploited to obtain minero-petrographic characterization and creation of a database considering only rock samples of known provenance. Since the final aim of the study is to develop a method to analyze archeological findings and artworks made with lapis lazuli in a completely non-invasive way, ion beam analysis techniques were employed to trace the provenance of the raw material used for the production of artifacts. Continuing this goal and focusing the analysis on determination of more significant minero-chemical markers for the provenance study of trace elements in different minerals, the method was extended with the use of micro X-ray fluorescence (µ-XRF), to test the potential of the technique for this application. The analyzes were focused on diopside and pyrite in lapis lazuli samples of known provenance (Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Siberia). In addition, µ-XRF data were compared with micro proton-induced X-ray emission (µ-PIXE) results to verify the agreement between the two databases and to compare the analytical performance of both techniques for this application.

Keywords

lapis lazuliµ-XRFµ-PIXEtrace elementsarcheometry
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Materials Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 526 - 533
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© Microscopy Society of America 2015 

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