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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 370

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00370
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Calcite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Calcium carbonate, anhydrous normal carbonate (class), calcite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Calcite (Ca(CO3)​)
Source location 1:
Iceland
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM90698
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Colorless
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Adler, H. H., and P. F. Kerr. "Infrared Study of Aragonite and Calcite." American Mineralogist 47.5, 6 (1962): 700-17., White, W. B. "The Carbonate Minerals." The Infrared Spectra of Minerals. Ed. V. C. Farmer. Monograph 4 ed. London: Mineralogical Society of London, 1974. 227-84.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
CCaO3
Linear formula:
CaCO3
CAS registry no:
13397-26-7
Other analytical methods:
EDS, SEM, XRD (2634F NHM std=calcite)