Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00433
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Strontianite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), aragonite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Strontianite (Sr(CO3)​)
Source location 1:
Strontian, Highland Region, Scotland, UK
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM58848
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Green, pale
Other:
Compare spectrum with those of other members of the aragonite 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. Gevork'yan, S. V., and O. S. Povarennikh. "New Infrared Spectra for Minerals in the Calcite and Aragonite Groups." Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koyi RSR, Seriya B: Geologichni, Khimichni Ta Biologichni Nauki 11 (1983): 8-12. 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:
C O3 Sr
Linear formula:
SrCO3
CAS registry no:
14941-40-3
Other analytical methods:
EDS (major Sr with minow Ca (3.8 wt% CaO)), SEM, XRD (1704F NHM std)