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← HistoryWhich outcome results when excessive humidity permeates Byzantine glass tesserae?
A)Accelerated structural mortar joint erosion
B)Reduced refractive light scattering angles
C)Formation of efflorescence crystalline deposits✓
D)Increased chromatic brilliance over time
💡 Explanation
Efflorescence results forming surface deposits due to increased Salt Migration (a form of diffusion) in highly alkaline glasses used in Byzantine mosaics. Therefore, crystalline salts appear, rather than brilliance, because water carries corrosive chemicals.
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