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Section: 8 Natural resins (NR) Page: 307

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IRUG filename:
INR00307
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Natural resins (NR)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Amber, Walchowite (wet KBr), fossil resin
CAS name:
Amber
Source location 1:
Walchow, Czechoslovakia
Sample source 2:
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Source location 2:
Central Park West at 79 Street, New York, NY, 10024, US
Sample identifier 2:
Geological, AMNH Inv. No. 17343
Sample source 3:
Vassar College, Chemistry Department
Source location 3:
124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York, 12604, US
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Beck, C. W., Spectroscopic Investigations of Amber, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 1986, 22 (1), 57-110. Beck, C. W., et. al., The Chemical Identification of Baltic Amber at the Celtic Oppidum Stare Hradisko in Moravia, Journal of Archaeological Science, 1978, 5, 343-354.
Originating institution name:
Vassar College
Originating institution acronym:
VC
CAS registry no:
9000-02-6