“…The information in NIR is valuable for material classification [ 45 , 46 , 47 ], and the identification of textile fibers [ 48 ] and minerals [ 49 ]. Although some of the hyperspectral datasets provide information in the NIR region, they are either for specific samples, as in [ 41 , 42 , 43 ], or consist of outdoor scenes with many objects, as in [ 28 , 32 ]. Each image in our dataset consists of one specific, rather flat, object.…”