Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00450
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Dolomite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), dolomite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Sample source 1:
North Pool Mine
Source location 1:
Illogan, Cornwall, UK
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1947,52
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White
Other:
Forms a series with ankerite and kutnohorite, compare spectrum with those of other members of the dolomite group i.e. ankerite & kutnohorite
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Dubrawski, J. V., A. L. Channon, and S. S. J. Warne. "The Effects of Substitution in the Dolomite Ferroan Dolomite Ankerite Series as Illustration by FTIR." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 8 (1989): 337-44., Farmer, V. C., and S. S. J. Warne. "Infrared Spectroscopic Evaluation of Iron Contents and Excess Calcium in Minerals of the Dolomite Ankerite Series." American Mineralogist 63.7, 8 (1978): 779-81., Rao, Yuxue. "Infrared Spectroscopy Used to Identify Minerals of the Dolomite Ankerite Series." Geology and Prospecting 22.4 (1986): 41-42., Rakche(y)ev, A. D., M. A. Ragab, and E. I. Ventslovaite. "Diagnosis Od Calcium, Magnesium, and Iron Carbonates According to the Light Absorption Spectra." Moscow University Geology Bulletin 39.6 (1984): 67-71.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C2 Ca Mg O6
Linear formula:
CaMg(CO3)2
CAS registry no:
16389-88-1
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Ca:Mg=1:1 pure), SEM, XRD