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After the beginnings of magnetite and hematite in 1927, because of magnetism and similar arrangement of elements.
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According to researchers nearly a quarter of the collected specimens had been heat-treated directly in the fire; the presence of maghemite, an iron oxide formed in the presence of organic matter like charcoal, confirms that the pigments were not baked in a protective container.
Ice Age Chemists 1999
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