Salt weathering impact on Nero/Ramses II Temple at El-Ashmonein archaeological site (Hermopolis Magna), Egypt

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Table 1 Semi-quantitative mineralogical analysis of the samples, where NT1 and NT3 represent the surface crust, NT2 altered construction stone, NT4, and NT5 represent the structural mortar and NT6 represents the structural roman mortar

Cal calcite, Hl halite, It illite, Hbe humberstonite, Ugm ungemachite, Gp gypsum, Anh anhydrite, Bas bassanite, Brt brushite, Qz quartz, Na natron, Mc microcline, Sep sepiolite, Nah nahcolite, Stk starkeyite, Stg strengite, Syl sylvite, x scarce, xx abundant, xxx very abundant. Minerals symbols after [44] except for It illite, Hbe humberstonite, Bas bassanite, Brt brushite, Na natron, Nah nahcolite, Stk starkeyite, Stg strengite, Syl sylvite