Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 374 |
IRUG filename: IMP00374 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Cordylite-(Ce) | Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), bastnasite (mineral group) |
Sample source 1: Narsarsuk | Source location 1: Julianehaab, Greenland | Sample source 2: British Museum |
Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK | Sample identifier 2: BM1924,854 | Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland |
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK | Color: Yellow, pale, green, striat | Other: Spectrum is more complex than those of the chemically similar bastnasite, synchysite and parisite |
Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy | Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Chen, T. T., and G. Y. Chao. "Cordylite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec." Canadian Mineralogist 13.1 (1975): 93-94. Donnay, G., and J. D. H. Donay. "Cordylite Re-examined." Geological Society of American Bulletin Pt 2 66.12 (1955): 1551. Zhang, Peishan, and Tao Keje. "Cordylite in Bayun Obo." Scientia Geologica Sinica 2 (1985): 191-95. |
Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland | Originating institution acronym: NHM | Linear formula: Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 |
Other analytical methods: EDS (Ba:Ce:La:Nd=1.0:1.0:0.6:0.1 with trace Sr, Ca, Th), SEM, XRD (8233F NHM std=cordylite) |