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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 42

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Details

IRUG filename:
RMP00042
Data type:
Raman
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Litharge [mainly with minor unidentified phase(s)], Pigment Yellow 46 (PY46), CI77577
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Lead(II) oxide
CAS name:
Lead oxide (PbO)
Sample source 1:
Forbes Pigment Collection, Harvard University Art Museum
Source location 1:
32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, US
Sample source 2:
Forbes Pigment Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source location 2:
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, US
Sample identifier 2:
MFA 291 (Bottle labeled 'Naples yellow, dark' but is mainly litharge)
Color:
Yellow/buff, light, opaque
Age:
1935, dated
Other:
Forbes - MFA Bottle labeled 'Naples yellow, dark' but is mainly litharge
Application:
Raman microscopy/microspectroscopy
Excitation source (nm):
532
Mode:
Scat
Originating institution name:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Originating institution acronym:
MFAB
Molecular formula:
O Pb
Linear formula:
PbO
CAS registry no:
1317-36-8
Other analytical methods:
XRF (x-ray fluorescence)