Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 232

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IRUG filename: IMP00232	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Antlerite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Copper sulfate hydroxide, basic copper sulfate, sulfate group
CAS name: Antlerite (Cu3(OH)4(SO4))	Source location 1: Chuquicamata, Provincia de El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile	Sample source 2: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences (NMNH)
Source location 2: Washington, DC, US	Sample identifier 2: R6076	Sample source 3: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Source location 3: PO Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US	Color: Green, light, translucent	Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode: Tran	Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art	Originating institution acronym: PMA
Molecular formula: H4 Cu3 O8 S	Linear formula: (Cu2)3(SO4)(OH)4	CAS registry no: 12019-54-4
Density (g/cc): 3.93 g/cc, literature, Handbook of Mineralogy. Ed. John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols. Mineralogical Society of America, n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2012. handbookofmineralogy.org	Other analytical methods: XRF (x-ray fluorescence)