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Mullite and the mystery of Hessian wares

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Crucibles popular in the Middle Ages owed their success to an ingredient used in modern ceramics.

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Figure 1: Microstructure and composition of Hessian crucibles.

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    Marcos Martinón-Torres & Thilo Rehren

  2. School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, UK

    Ian C. Freestone

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Martinón-Torres, M., Rehren, T. & Freestone, I. Mullite and the mystery of Hessian wares. Nature 444, 437–438 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444437a

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