Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00386
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Huntite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Calcium magnesium carbonate, carbonate class
CAS name:
Huntite (CaMg3(CO3)4)
Source location 1:
Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1972,214
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 matches that from NHM x-ray standard huntite from Tea Tree Gulley, South Australia, compare spectrum with those from other members of the calcite group NHM std
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Ozao, R., and R. Otsuka. "Thermoanalytical Investigation of Huntite." Thermoanalytical Acta 86 (1985): 45-58., Scheetz, B. E., and W. B. White. "Vibrational Spectra of the Alkaline Earth Double Carbonates." American Mineralogist 62.1, 2 (1977): 36-50., Shayan, A. "Strontium in Huntites from Geelong and Deer Park, Victoria, Australia." American Mineralogist 69.5, 6 (1984): 528-30.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C4 Ca Mg3 O12
Linear formula:
CaMg3(CO3)4
CAS registry no:
19569-21-2
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Ca:Mg=approx. 1:3), SEM, XRD (the spectrum matches that from NHM x-ray standard huntite from Tea Tree Gulley, South Australia, compare the spectrum with those from other members of the calcite group NHM std)