Commercial classification of dimension stones and their petrographic classification.
The decay of stone materials.
The NORMAL recommendations.
The clays used for the production of ceramics. Elements of ceramic technology and archaeometry.
Mortars and binders.
The pigments of mineral origin.
Analytical methodologies most commonly used for the characterization of stone materials: optical microscopy (OM); scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EDS microanalysis; X-ray fluorescence (XRF); X-ray diffraction (XRD).