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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2018.31.2.123

Mineralogical Characteristics and Provenance of Cu-bearing Green Minerals Used as Traditional Pigments  

Do, Jin-Young (Department of Cultural Properties, Gyeongju University)
Jung, Jongmee (Color Institute, Korea University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.31, no.2, 2018 , pp. 123-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study tried to find the clue to Seokrok province by comparing Seokrok used in painting culture properties with Seokrok ore from domestic occurrence and imported Seokrok ore. To this end, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of painting cultural properties were identified with portable X-ray Florescence (p-XRF), micro X-ray diffraction (micro XRD) and SEM/EDS Analysis. To obtain Pb isotopic ratio, the Pb contained in Seokrok has been analyzed with Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer. Atacamite (or botallackite) and small quantity of brochantite were identified from Seokrok in Dancheong, and malachite was also identified from Buddhist painting besides those two ingredients. Without distinction of type, most Seokrok used in painting cultural properties is atacamite composed of Cu and Cl. From Pb isotope analysis, it was found that Seokrok in painting cultural properties was closer to that of north Korea, north China and Japan than south Korea as in regional division for East North Asia suggested by Mabuchi. The Pb isotopic ratio of domestic green mineral belongs to the distribution of Seokrok inside the painting cultural properties but imported malachite showed considerably difference. Considering the fact that atacamite, the main mineral of Seokrok in painting cultural properties is rarely produced from southern mine of the Korean Peninsula and the result of Pb isotope analysis.
Keywords
Seokrok; pigment; Cu bearing green mineral; Lead isotope; Provenance study;
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