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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 198

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00198
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Atacamite, natural
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Basic copper chloride, copper chloride hydroxide
CAS name:
Atacamite (Cu2Cl(OH)3)
Source location 1:
Chili, Chile
Sample source 2:
Chester Collection, Rutgers Geology Museum, Rutgers University
Source location 2:
Geology Hall, College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ, US
Sample identifier 2:
AHC4581
Sample source 3:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Source location 3:
Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, US
Color:
Green
Other:
Trimorphous with paratacamite & botallackite
Application:
MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode:
Tran
Originating institution name:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Originating institution acronym:
PMA
Molecular formula:
Cl Cu2 H3 O3
Linear formula:
Cu2Cl(OH)3
CAS registry no:
1306-85-0
Other analytical methods:
XRF (x-ray fluorescence)