Vol. LXXIII, August 2004 n. 3:
SPECIAL ISSUE
A showcase of the Italian research
applied petrology

GILBERTO ARTIOLI and MATTIA DUGNANI - Crystallographic texture analysis: applications in mineralogy and archaeometry
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CLAUDIO D’AMICO, ELISABETTA STARNINI, GIORGIO GASPAROTTO and MASSIMO GHEDINI - Eclogites, jades and other HP-metaophiolites employed for prehistoric polished stone implements in Italy and Europe
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GERMANA BARONE, CATIA BRANCA, VINCENZA CRUPI, SALVATORE IOPPOLO, DOMENICO MAJOLINO, GIUSY PUGLISI, GRAZIA SPAGNOLO and GABRIELLA TIGANO - Archaeometric analyses on ceramics from Sicilian Greek colonies: a contribution to the knowledge of Messina, Gela and Agrigento production
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PATRIZIA SANTI, FABRIZIO ANTONELLI, ALBERTO RENZULLI and PATRIZIO PENSABENE - Leucite phonolite millstones from the Orvieto production centre: new data and insights into the Roman trade
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FRANCA CIMMINO, FRANCESCO FACCINI and ANDREA ROBBIANO - Stones and coloured marbles of Liguria in historical monuments
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ALESSANDRO CAVALLO, BIAGIO BIGIOGGERO (deceased), ANNITA COLOMBO and ANNALISA TUNESI - The Beola: a dimension stone from the Ossola Valley (NW Italy)
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MARILENA MORONI, CRISTIANO BRIGIDA, STEFANO POLI and MASSIMILIANO VALLE - Fixing chromium and lead in ceramic materials: a petrological approach to inertization and recycling of toxic industrial waste
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LORENZO LAZZARINI - Archaeometric aspects of white and coloured marbles used in antiquity: the state of the art
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PATRIZIA TUCCI and PAOLA MORBIDELLI - «Apulian marbles» of the Ostuni District (south-eastern Murge, Apulia, Italy). Identification and characterisation of ancient quarries for archaeometric purposes
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RICCARDO CATTANEO-VIETTI, GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO, CARLO CERRANO, MARIA CHIARA CHIANTORE, LUCIANO CORTESOGNO and LAURA GAGGERO - Interactions between aquatic biological systems and silica
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MAURIZIO PETRELLI, DIEGO PERUGINI, BEATRICE MORONI and GIAMPIERO POLI - Travertine, a building stone extensively employed in Umbria from Etruscan to Renaissance age: provenance determination using artificial intelligence technique
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GIUSEPPE MARIA BARGOSSI, FABIO GAMBERINI, GIORGIO GASPAROTTO, GIAN CARLO GRILLINI and MARTA MAROCCHI - Dimension and ornamental stones from the Tosco-Romagnolo and Bolognese Apennine
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ALESSANDRO CAVALLO, BIAGIO BIGIOGGERO (deceased), ANNITA COLOMBO and ANNALISA TUNESI - The Verbano Cusio Ossola Province: a land of quarries in northern Italy (Piedmont)
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RICCARDO SANDRONE, ANNITA COLOMBO, LAURA FIORA, MAURO FORNARO, ENRICO LOVERA, ANNALISA TUNESI and ALESSANDRO CAVALLO - Contemporary natural stones from the Italian western Alps (Piedmont and Aosta Valley Regions)
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GIACOMO CHIARI and DAVID SCOTT - Pigment analysis: potentialities and problems
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ISABELLA TURBANTI MEMMI - Pottery production and distribution: the contribution of mineralogical and petrographical methodologies in Italy. State of the art and future developments
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GINO MIRCOLE CRISCI, MARCO FRANZINI, MARCO LEZZERINI, TIZIANO MANNONI and MARIA PIA RICCARDI - Ancient mortars and their binder
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