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This article documents a second possible ancient source for the clay mineral, palygorskite, that was used in the creation of the ancient Maya pigment, Maya Blue. The other likely source is the cenote (sinkhole) in the village of Sacalum.
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This page is a summary of: MAYA BLUE AND PALYGORSKITE: A second possible pre-Columbian
source, Ancient Mesoamerica, January 2005, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0956536105050078.
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