Research Article

Characterization of Roman and Arabic Mural Paintings of the Archaeological Site of Cercadilla (Cordoba, Spain)

Table 4

Mineralogical composition by micro X-ray Diffraction for the Roman and Arabic painting surfaces.

μ-XRDRoman samplesArabic samples
Rom-09 (white)Rom-05 (red)Is-03 (white)Is-05 (red)

Calcite52,4%60,3%57,9%55,8%
Quartz11,8%3,6%3,3%12,1%
Gypsum35,8%36,1%38,8%20,9%
HematiteN.D.N.D.N.D.11,2%

N.D.: not detected.