Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

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)