Periodico di Mineralogia Vol. 80, 2 - September 2011 PDF Download

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Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
ISBN: 8861347479
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Languages : en
Pages : 49

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Indice: Archaeometric characterization of amphorae and bricks of Imperial Age found in a roman villa near the Luzzi town (Cosenza, Calabria, Italy)Structural and spectroscopic characterization of anorthite synthesized from secondary raw materialsVein mineral assemblage in partially serpentinized peridotite xenoliths from Hyblean Plateau (south-eastern Sicily, Italy)Cumulative cordieritite formation as a result of anatexis and melt expulsion. An example from the Chavanon sequence, Variscan French Massif CentralVolcanic geology and petrology of the Val Calanna succession (Mt. Etna, Southern Italy): discovery of a new eruptive centerA case study of alkali-silica reactions: petrographic investigation of paving deteriorationChemical, mineralogical and petrographic characterization of Roman ancient hydraulic concretes cores from Santa Liberata, Italy, and Caesarea Palestinae, Israel Sulphate-arsenate exchange properties of Zn-Al layered double hydroxides: preliminary data

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Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
ISBN: 886134772X
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Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
ISBN: 8861348750
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Languages : en
Pages : 59

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Author: Antonio Gianfagna
Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura
ISBN: 8868123908
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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CONTENTS Angelo De Min, Francesco Princivalle and Davide Lenaz Geochemistry of the Late Mesozoic - Early Cenozoic turbidites from the NE part of the Adria microplate Bogdan Constantinescu, Daniela Cristea-Stan, Imre Kovács and Zoltan Szőkefalvi-Nagy External milli-beam PIXE analysis of the mineral pigments of glazed Iznik (Turkey) ceramics Somayeh Noghani and Mohammadamin Emami Mineralogical Phase Transition on Sandwich-like Structure of Clinky Pottery from Parthian Period, Iran Mauro Francesco La Russa, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Natalia Rovella, Cristina Maria Belfiore, Paola Pogliani, Claudia Pelosi, Maria Andaloro and Gino Mirocle Crisci Cappadocian ignimbrite cave churches: stone degradation and conservation strategies Valeria Diella, Ilaria Adamo and Rosangela Bocchio Gem-quality rhodonite from Val Malenco (Central Alps, Italy) Luisa De Capitani, Giovanni Grieco, Silvia Porro, Elena Ferrari, Enrica Roccotiello and Pietro Marescotti Potentially toxic element contamination in waste rocks, soils and wild flora at the Roşia Montană mining area (Romania) Davide Lenaz, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Maibam Bidyananda and Francesco Princivalle Oxidation degree of chromite from Indian ophiolites: a crystal chemical and 57Fe Mössbauer study Gaetano Ortolano, Roberto Visalli, Rosolino Cirrincione and Gisella Rebay PT-path reconstruction via unraveling of peculiar zoning pattern in atoll shaped garnets via image assisted analysis: An example from the Santa Lucia de Mela garnet micaschists (northeastern Sicily-Italy)

Author: Giovanna Antonella Dino
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3039215507
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in vernacular and contemporaneous architecture. Heritage stones are those stones that have special significance in human culture. Examples include some very important stones that have been either neglected because they are no longer extracted, or stones that have great significance in commercial terms but knowledge of their national and/or international heritage has not been well documented. In this collection of articles, we have tried to spread awareness of architectural heritage around the world, the natural stones that have been used in its construction, and the need to preserve historical quarries that once provided the source of such stones. Historical quarries are linked to regional culture and tradition. Because of the specific technical and aesthetical characteristics of heritage stones, which have lasted for centuries, these historical quarries should be preserved to be able to use the stones for the proper restoration of monuments and historical buildings to avoid negative actions that can be observed in many places in the restoration of buildings, which are some times part of World Heritage sites. The final intention of this book is to continuosly grow the interest on this fascinating subject of heritage stones.

Author: John Peter Oleson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199734852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 884

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Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.

Author: J.L. Smellie
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 178620536X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802

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This memoir is the first to review all of Antarctica’s volcanism between 200 million years ago and the Present. The region is still volcanically active. The volume is an amalgamation of in-depth syntheses, which are presented within distinctly different tectonic settings. Each is described in terms of (1) the volcanology and eruptive palaeoenvironments; (2) petrology and origin of magma; and (3) active volcanism, including tephrochronology. Important volcanic episodes include: astonishingly voluminous mafic and felsic volcanic deposits associated with the Jurassic break-up of Gondwana; the construction and progressive demise of a major Jurassic to Present continental arc, including back-arc alkaline basalts and volcanism in a young ensialic marginal basin; Miocene to Pleistocene mafic volcanism associated with post-subduction slab-window formation; numerous Neogene alkaline volcanoes, including the massive Erebus volcano and its persistent phonolitic lava lake, that are widely distributed within and adjacent to one of the world’s major zones of lithospheric extension (the West Antarctic Rift System); and very young ultrapotassic volcanism erupted subglacially and forming a world-wide type example (Gaussberg).

Author: C.J. Brandon
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782974237
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the Mediterranean the physical remnants of a vast maritime infrastructure that sustained and connected the western world’s first global empire and economy. The key to this incredible accomplishment and to the survival of structures in the hostile environment of the sea for two thousand years was maritime concrete, a building material invented and then employed by Roman builders on a grand scale to construct harbor installations anywhere they were needed, rather than only in locations with advantageous geography or topography. This book explains how the Romans built so successfully in the sea with their new invention. The story is a stimulating mix of archaeological, geological, historical and chemical research, with relevance to both ancient and modern technology. It also breaks new ground in bridging the gap between science and the humanities by integrating analytical materials science, history, and archaeology, along with underwater exploration. The book will be of interest to anyone interested in Roman architecture and engineering, and it will hold special interest for geologists and mineralogists studying the material characteristics of pyroclastic volcanic rocks and their alteration in seawater brines. The demonstrable durability and longevity of Roman maritime concrete structures may be of special interest to engineers working on cementing materials appropriate for the long-term storage of hazardous substances such as radioactive waste. A pioneering methodology was used to bore into maritime structures both on land and in the sea to collect concrete cores for testing in the research laboratories of the CTG Italcementi Group, a leading cement producer in Italy, the University of Berkeley, and elsewhere. The resulting mechanical, chemical and physical analysis of 36 concrete samples taken from 11 sites in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean have helped fill many gaps in our knowledge of how the Romans built in the sea. To gain even more knowledge of the ancient maritime technology, the directors of the Roman Maritime Concrete Study (ROMACONS) engaged in an ambitious and unique experimental archaeological project – the construction underwater of a reproduction of a Roman concrete pier or pila. The same raw materials and tools available to the ancient builders were employed to produce a reproduction concrete structure that appears to be remarkably similar to the ancient one studied during ROMACON’s fieldwork between 2002-2009. This volume reveals a remarkable and unique archaeological project that highlights the synergy that now exists between the humanities and science in our continuing efforts to understand the past. It will quickly become a standard research tool for all interested in Roman building both in the sea and on land, and in the history and chemistry of marine concrete. The authors also hope that the data and observations it presents will stimulate further research by scholars and students into related topics, since we have so much more to learn in the years ahead.

Author: Paul Reynolds
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789252245
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Butrint 6 describes the excavations carried out on the Vrina Plain by the Butrint Foundation from 2002–2007. Lying just to the south of the ancient port city of Butrint, these excavations have revealed a 1,300 year long story of a changing community that began in the 1st century AD, one which not only played its part in shaping the city of Butrint but also in how the city interacted and at times reacted to the changing political, economic and cultural situations occurring across the Mediterranean World over this period. Volume III discusses the Roman and Late Antique pottery from the Vrina Plain excavations. This detailed study of the ceramics follows the archaeological sequence recovered from the excavations in chronological order and provides a comprehensive and in depth review of the pottery, context by context, offering an important insight into the supply, as well as typology, of local and imported pottery available to the inhabitants of the Vrina Plain during this period. This is followed by a discussion on how the pottery trends found on the Vrina Plain relate to that of other sites in Butrint, both within the town (Triconch Palace; the Forum) and outside (Vrina Plain training school villa excavations; the villa of Diaporit). The volume also presents an overview of some of the principal typological developments found across Butrint so as to allow the reader to place the Vrina finds in context, including a discussion of a number of key contexts from the Forum, as well as the findings from thin-section petrology of some of the ceramics.

Author: Gilberto Artioli
Publisher: Emu Notes in Mineralogy
ISBN: 9780903056618
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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The chapters contributed to this book recognize the important and diverse contributions of mineralogy to the valorization, characterization, interpretation and conservation of cultural heritage. The book focuses on examples of materials and methodological issues rather than technical/analytical details.