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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 455

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00455
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Wyartite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class)
Source location 1:
Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaire
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1969,47
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Green, brown
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Clark, J. R. "X-ray Study of Alteration in the Uranium Mineral Wyarite." American Mineralogist 45.1, 2 (1960): 200-08., Guillemin, C., and J. Protas. "Lanthinite Et Wyartite." Bulletin De La Societe Francaise De Mineralogie 82.1, 3 (1959): 80-86., Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C2 H26 Ca3 O40 U7
Linear formula:
Ca3U4+(UO2)6(CO3)2(OH)18*4H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Ca:U=approx. 3:11 ? with trace Si, S), SEM, XRD