In recent years, we have seen a significant increase in interest in the effects of irradiation
used for analytical purposes on art, archaeological, palaeontological and …

Conspectus The chemical study of materials from natural history and cultural heritage, which
provide information for art history, archeology, or paleontology, presents a series of specific …

Rare earth element (REE) binding environments and associated mineral phases in coal and
coal combustion byproducts (CCBs) are not well understood. Advanced characterization of …

Fossils, including those that occasionally preserve decay-prone soft tissues, are mostly
made of minerals. Accessing their chemical composition provides unique insight into their …

Exceptional preservation through phosphatization is primarily controlled by a reduction in
pH, favoring the precipitation of apatite over that of calcite. Laboratory experiments have …

Carbon compounds are ubiquitous and occur in a diversity of chemical forms in many
systems including ancient and historic materials ranging from cultural heritage to …

Synchrotrons have provided significant methods and instruments to study ancient materials
from cultural and natural heritages. New ways to visualise (surfacic or volumic) …

Detection of rare earth elements (REE) is commonly performed with destructive techniques
such as (LA)-ICPMS or coupled to a destructive sample preparation. When investigating …

Synchrotron radiation (SR) is an electromagnetic radiation produced when electrons are
forced to assume a curved trajectory resulting in an emission of a bright beam of high energy …

Detailed geochemical and mineralogical insights into some of the richest rare earth
elements and yttrium (REY)-containing bioapatites from ocean-floor sediments have been …