Research Article

A New Approach for Provenance Studies of Archaeological Finds: Inferences from Trace Elements in Carbonate Minerals of Alpine White Marbles by a Bench-to-Top μ-XRF Spectrometer

Table 2

Measured μ-XRF elements: mean and standard deviation (σ) values are calculated from a variable number of diffraction free spectra reported in # points column.

CaO (wt%)Fe (ppm)Sr (ppm)Mn (ppm)# points
Mean Mean Mean Mean

BRO-C55.671.3045420107427411
GAR-C56.711.691374014513331123
ORN-C55.510.70199617219236312
CAN-C56.700.85239320035170312
CRE-D130.660.481649862664325
CRE-D231.361.8332511901065311
PONT-D31.270.61541610957115219
FOR-D30.231.38199241431616125
CHIA-D30.691.8054141431629215
PRA-C54.971.32168155344610115
PRA-D31.391.328771302513110

Total178

Total # points = 178. C: calcite; D: dolomite.