Pseudomorph artifacts

In addition to the analysis of physical structural characteristics of textile fabric pseudomorphs, chemical information has been obtained. On bronze and copper artifacts, the pseudomorphs are composed of malachite, tenorite, and cuprite (I, 2), the formation of which probably requires moist conditions, a corrosive metal, and optimum fiber-metal contact (I). Trace elements in their structure vary from object to object and site to site (1-3), but the relationship of these elements and the fiber, metal, and soil composition is not yet known. 

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