Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00369
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Hydrozincite (Dorchester type)
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), aurichalcite (mineral group)
Sample source 1:
Parc and Fucheslas Mine
Source location 1:
Betws-y-Coed, Caernarvonshire, Wales, UK
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1983,452
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White
Other:
Spectrum is less complex than hydrozincite IR2754, but has the same overall pattern
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Jambor, J. L. "Natural and Synthetic Hydrozincites." Canadian Mineralogist 8.5 (1966): 652-53.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C2 H6 O12 Zn5
Linear formula:
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Other analytical methods:
EDS, SEM, XRD (4881F NHM std=hydrozincite)