Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00355	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Magnesite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Magnesium carbonate, carbonate class , calcite group
CAS name: Magnesite (Mg(CO3))	Sample source 1: Brumado Mine	Source location 1: Bahia, Brazil
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM1948,547
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Gray, white
Other: Forms a series with gaspeite and siderite, compare spectrum with those of other members of the calcite group	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Bottcher, M. E., P. L. Gehlken, and E. Usdowski. "Infrared Spectroscopic Investigations of the Calcite-rhodochrosite and Parts of the Calcite-magnesite Mineral Series." Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 109 (1992): 304-06. Dubrawski, J. V., A. L. Channon, and S. St. J Warne. "Examination of the Siderite-magnesite Mineral Series by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy." American Mineralogist 74.1, 2 (1989): 187-90., Wenshi, Peng, Liu Gaokui, and Ke Liqin. "Infrared Spectra Study of Magnesite Siderite Series." Acta Mineralogica Sinica 5.3 (1985): 229-33.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C Mg O3	Linear formula: MgCO3	CAS registry no: 13717-00-5
Other analytical methods: EDS (Mg only), SEM, XRD (7383F NHM std)