Free Raman Database of Pigments Checker
We just published the new Free Raman Spectroscopy Database of Pigments Checker.
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Fors, Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (for Italian readers)
Published on Archeomatica, 1 Marzo 2014 a paper, for Italian readers, introducing the miniaturized spectrometers for Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy. This paper shows the results of the testing of a FORS (Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy) system assembled with Ocean Optics components and featuring a USB4000 miniaturized and low cost spectrometer. The small dimensions and little
Identification of pigments by multispectral imaging: a flowchart method
A paper on Multispectral Imaging has been published on Heritage Science, “Identification of pigments by multispectral imaging a flowchart method” 2:8, 2014. In this paper I provide a flowchart method to use the multispectral imaging to tentatively identify pigments. I have been posting extensively on this idea for a while on the “Cultural Heritage Science Open
Tatoo. Multispectral Imaging
Last Sept I was giving a 3 weeks training on multispectral imaging for art examination at the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural in Quito, Ecuador. While we were doing UV fluorescence photography, I noticed in the pitch dark room, my student was glowing in the dark. It turned out it was his tattoo.
Ultramarine. One pigment, many qualities
Natural ultramarine was and it’s still today a very expensive pigment. The synthetic version of this pigment is called French Ultramarine and was developed in the nineteenth century. It almost replaced the super expensive natural ultramarine in the artists’ palette . This post regards only the natural pigment. I started this little experiments since I