MINERALOGICAL COMPARISON STUDY OF OLD MORTARS FROM SOUTHERN PORTUGAL CATHEDRALS (EVORA AND ELVAS)

Abstract

we present the results of the mineralogical characterization of the mortars from Elvas Cathedral and Evora Cathderal that was accomplished by combining different techniques, namely optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy coupled with Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX) and X-ray diffraction.