Quantitative colour analyses using digital specification technique for Mármore Bege Bahia, a representative Brazilian ornamental limestone of breccia-like texture

  • Motoki A
  • Neves J
  • Vargas T
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The authors have performed based on digital quantitative colour specification in whole rock and spots using a scanner, a computer, and original colour analysing software Wilbur for Mármore Bege Bahia, an ornamental limestone of breccia-like texture exploited in the centre-north region of Bahia, Brazil. The rock is characterised by light (B=83.4), vivid (S=10.8), and relatively homogeneous (sigma(H)=3.9; sigma(B)=6.5) yellow, tending slightly to orange (H=35.8). The whole rock colour variation is limited to within 10% in brightness, and the colours plotted on the SB (saturation-brightness) diagram constitute a linear trend, with a declination rate of -1.6. This phenomenon is common in minerals with highly developed cleavage and attributed to random reflection on rock surface and subsurface reflection in the mineral interior of calcite. The rock blocks extracted from the quarries commonly have a large number of cavities and the resin-fill technique is frequently applied. It is recommended that the resin colours be adjusted adequately according to the above-mentioned linear trend in order to make the patched limestone visually appear as the natural one.Os autores realizaram ensaios com base em especificações digitais de cores em rocha total e em pontos com o auxílio de scanner, computador e Wilbur, um software original para análises quantitativas de cores, para Mármore Bege Bahia, um calcário ornamental com textura brechóide explotado na região centro-norte da Bahia. Essa rocha é caracterizada pela cor amarela clara (B=83.4), vívida (S=10.8), relativamente homogênea (sigma(H)=3.9; sigma(B)=6.5), tendendo ligeiramente a cor de laranja (H=35.8). A variação das cores é limitada em 10% em clareza e as cores projetadas no diagrama SB (saturação-clareza) apresentam uma configuração linear, com taxa de declinação -1.6. Esse fenômeno é comum em minerais com clivagem altamente desenvolvidas e atribuído à reflexão aleatória na superfície da rocha ou reflexão subsuperficial dentro do mineral de calcita. Os blocos desse calcário extraídos a partir das pedreiras comumente contêm numerosas cavidades e a técnica de preenchimento por resina é freqüentemente aplicada. Dessa forma, recomenda-se que as cores da resina sejam adequadamente ajustadas conforme a configuração linear acima citada para que a rocha remendada tenha aspecto visual próximo ao natural.

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Motoki, A., Neves, J. L. P., & Vargas, T. (2005). Quantitative colour analyses using digital specification technique for Mármore Bege Bahia, a representative Brazilian ornamental limestone of breccia-like texture. Rem: Revista Escola de Minas, 58(2), 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0370-44672005000200004

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