Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 459

  Copyright © 1993-2024 Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG) 

Details

IRUG filename: IMP00459	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Sphaerocobaltite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), calcite (mineral group)
CAS name: Sphaerocobaltite (Co(CO3))	Sample source 1: Musonoi Mine	Source location 1: Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM1967,287
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Pink, dark
Other: Specimens with high cobalt content are rare and many 'sphaerocobaltites' are cobaltian dolomite, compare spectrum with those of other members of the calcite 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., Weir, C. E., and E. R. Lippincott. "Infrared Study of Aragonite, Calcite and Vaterite Type Structures in the Borates, Carbonates and Nitrates." Journal of Research, National Bureau of Standards 65.A (1961): 173-83., 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 Co O3	Linear formula: CoCO3	CAS registry no: 14476-13-2
Other analytical methods: EDS (Co:Mg=approz. 1:0.4 with trace Ca,Fe,Mn.Sr), SEM, XRD (6259F NHM std)