Fingerprint of Precious Metals Ornaments to Post-Mortem Inventory by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
Abstract: Quantitative analysis of metal alloys in ornaments can reveal relevant aspects about the substrates used in the manufacturing process. Fifty-three female ornaments (chains, rings, and earrings) were identified as jewelry and semi-jewelry using EDRFX. Twenty-three samples were identified and evaluated as jewelry because they had a substrate composed of different concentrations of gold (40-83%) ranging from 10 to 21 carats. This study can be considered the first to use EDRFX to analyze jewelry and semi-jewelry for post-mortem inventory, and substrate composition was decisive for fingerprinting the valuation of each artifact.
Keywords: jewelry, semi-jewelry, post-mortem inventory, fingerprint
How to Cite?: Maria Cristina Tessari-Zampieri, Marycel Elena Barboza Cotrim, Marcos Antonio Scapin, "Fingerprint of Precious Metals Ornaments to Post-Mortem Inventory by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry", Volume 12 Issue 11, November 2023, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1228-1235, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR231113164850, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR231113164850