From: A scientific study of the pigments in the wall paintings at Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China
Sample no. | Color | Elements detected by XRF(Wt%) | Possible pigments | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cu | As | Hg | Fe | Pb | Cr | Au | Ag | Ca | Zn | Ba | S | P | K | Si | Sr | V | Ti | Sc | |||
DZ1 | Blue | 42.7 | --- | --- | 3.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 10.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 24.3 | --- | 2.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Azurite |
DZ2 | Gold | 8.4 | --- | --- | 11.5 | 2.6 | --- | 7.3 | 1.0 | 23.1 | 19.5 | 15.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | --- | --- | 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | Gold |
DZ3 | Green | 53.2 | 10.4 | --- | 1.4 | 1.1 | --- | --- | --- | 10.7 | 1.0 | --- | 8.5 | 6.9 | 0.7 | --- | 0.3 | --- | --- | --- | Malachite, Emerald green |
DZ4 | Blue | 84.4 | --- | --- | 0.8 | 1.5 | --- | --- | --- | 7.5 | --- | 5.6 | 5.0 | --- | 0.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Azurite |
DZ5 | Yellow | 0.5 | --- | --- | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | --- | --- | 19.2 | 10.1 | 24.9 | 22.1 | --- | --- | --- | 0.3 | --- | --- | --- | Chrome yellow |
DZ6 | Orange | --- | --- | --- | 1.3 | 36.1 | 1.2 | Â | --- | 11.7 | --- | 37.4 | --- | 4.5 | 1.4 | Â | 0.6 | 3.3 | --- | 0.5 | Read lead |
DZ7 | Orange | 0.3 | --- | --- | 0.6 | 69.7 | 0.5 | --- | --- | 6.4 | 0.6 | 19.2 | --- | --- | --- | 2.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | Read lead |
DZ8 | Gold | --- | --- | --- | 1.3 | --- | --- | 0.3 | --- | 27.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 29.0 | 25.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Gold |
DZ9 | Red | 0.2 | --- | 49.6 | --- | 2.2 | --- | --- | --- | 16.3 | --- | 13.5 | 10.5 | 7.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Cinnabar |
DZ10 | Red | 0.4 | --- | 25.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | --- | --- | --- | 37.6 | 0.4 | --- | 32.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.3 | --- | Cinnabar |
DZ11 | Red | --- | --- | --- | 7.5 | 48.4 | --- | --- | --- | 39.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4.2 | --- | Read lead, Mars red |