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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484765103321

Autore

Karampelas Stefanos

Titolo

Gems and Gemmology : An Introduction for Archaeologists, Art-Historians and Conservators / / by Stefanos Karampelas, Lore Kiefert, Danilo Bersani, Peter Vandenabeele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-35449-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 pagess)

Collana

Short Introductions to Cultural Heritage Science

Disciplina

549

Soggetti

Cultural heritage

Archaeology

Mineralogy

Materials science

Civilization - History

Analytical chemistry

Cultural Heritage

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Cultural History

Analytical Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Gems through the ages -- Gem analysis -- Gem treatments, synthetics and Imitations -- Archaeometrical questions (case studies) -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a lucid introduction to the basics of gemmology. It familiarizes archaeologists, art historians and conservators with the science of gemstones and allows them to understand the basic concepts of their provenance, typology and treatments. Which are the main types of gems? What treatments can be applied? How does one analyse gems? How can gems contribute to archaeometrical research? This volume is written by four experts in the fields of gemmology and archaeometry and addresses both students who need an introduction



to this field and professionals who want to refresh their knowledge of the topic. This work is part of a series of introductory texts that deal with a broad range of materials-related topics in archaeometry.