Table 3 PLM results of corrosion products from mirrors 1–4
From: Close up to the surface: reflections on a preliminary forensic study of four Chinese bronze mirrors
Sample | Image | ID | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Mirror 1 powdery corrosion |
| Copper(II) hydroxide | p. 598–599 [21] |
Mirror 2 powdery corrosion |
| Copper(II) hydroxide | p. 598–599 [21] |
Mirror 3 green corrosion |
| Malachite copper carbonate hydroxide | p. 594–595 [21] |
Mirror 3 red corrosion |
| Unidentified but highly likely to be cuprite | |
Mirror 4 white crust |
| Lead carbonate | CAMEO database [22] |
Mirror 4 black inclusion |
| Carbon-based black | p. 770-–771 [21] |
Mirror 4 green corrosion |
| Atacamite (copper (II) chloride hydroxide | p. 174 [33] |
