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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 285

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00285
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Aragonite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Calcium carbonate, aragonite group, carbonate class
CAS name:
Aragonite (Ca(CO3))
Sample source 1:
Eureka Mine
Source location 1:
Nevada (NV), US
Sample source 2:
Chester Collection, Rutgers University Geology Museum
Source location 2:
Geology Hall, College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ, US
Sample identifier 2:
AHC3149
Sample source 3:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Laboratory
Source location 3:
Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US
Color:
White
Application:
MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode:
Tran
Originating institution name:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Originating institution acronym:
PMA
Molecular formula:
C Ca O3
Linear formula:
CaCO3
CAS registry no:
14791-73-2
Other analytical methods:
Trimorphous with calcite and vaterite