Asbestos-containing pottery shards collected in the northeast of Corsica (Cap Corse) and
dating from the 19th century, or earlier, have been analyzed by SEM-EDS, XRPD, FTIR and Raman microspectroscopy. Blue (crocidolite) and white (chrysotile) asbestos fiber bundles are observed in cross-sections. Most of the asbestos is partly or totally dehydroxylated, and some transformation to forsterite is observed to occur, indicative of a firing above 800 C. Examination of freshly fractured pieces shows a nonbrittle fracture with fiber pull-out, consistent with ...
Philippe Colomban, Aleksandar Kremenović. "Asbestos-Based Pottery from Corsica: The First Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite" in Materials, MDPI AG (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13163597 М21
Maja Milošević, Biljana Đorđević, Mihovil Logar. "Mineralogical analysis of a clay body from Zlakusa, Serbia, used in the manufacture of traditional pottery" in Clay Minerals (2020). https://doi.org/10.1180/clm.2020.20 М22
