# Nagyvary 2009: Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri

> Joseph Nagyvary, Renald N. Guillemette, Clifford H. Spiegelman, 2009. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the mineral evidence and its…

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# Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri

Joseph Nagyvary, Renald N. Guillemette, Clifford H. Spiegelman, 2009. _PLoS ONE 4, e4245_.

Electron microprobe and X-ray fluorescence of wood ash from two Stradivari and two Guarneri instruments, finding compounds absent from natural wood such as barium sulphate, calcium fluoride, borate and zirconium silicate.

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[Wood ash from four Cremonese instruments contains BaSO4, CaF2, borate and ZrSiO4.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/evidence/EVD0CQAGSRA6WDJ/wood-ash-from-four-cremonese-instruments-contains-baso4-caf2)

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Nagyvary, J., Guillemette, R. N., & Spiegelman, C. H. (2009). Mineral Preservatives in the Wood of Stradivari and Guarneri. PLoS ONE 4, e4245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004245
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