Vibrational spectroscopic study of the contents of a chest excavated from the wreck of the HMS Pandora

• Published in: Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 2311 - 2319
• Main Authors: Edwards, H.G.M., Farwell, D.W., Lee, J.S., Fredericks, P.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.08.2003
• Subjects: Cinnabar; Infrared spectroscopy; Marine archaeology; Mercury Compounds - chemistry; Pandora; Parchment; Raman spectroscopy; Ships; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Spectrum Analysis, Raman; Infrared spectroscopy; Pandora; Marine archaeology; Parchment; Raman spectroscopy; Cinnabar

The FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic analysis of a red powder found in a chest from an officer's cabin during the excavation of the wreck of the 18th Century frigate HMS Pandora have confirmed that the pigment is cinnabar, mercury(II) sulphide. Weaker signals in the Raman spectrum are assignable t...