Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00441
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Andersonite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated normal carbonate (class), rutherfordine (mineral group)
Sample source 1:
Atomic King No.2 Mine, Cane Wash, San Juan Co.
Source location 1:
Utah, US
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1967,267
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Yellow, green
Other:
Strong peak at 3548 cm-1 which indicates the presence of an (OH) group not shown in formula, matches Suhner (5-35 A) andersonite, except for lack of peak at 1020 cm-1, semi-quantitative analysis gave a lower sodium content than indicated by formula
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Cejka, J., Z. Urbanec, and J. Jr. Cejka. "Contribution to the Crystal Chemistry of Andersonite." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Montshefte 11 (1987): 488-501., Urbanec, Z., and J. Cejka. "Infrared Spectra of Liebigite, Andersonite, Voglite, and Schroeckingerite." Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications 44.1 (1979): 10-23.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C9H12CaNa2O17U
Linear formula:
Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3*6H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Na:Ca:U=0.7:1:1:2 + trace Zn & Si), SEM, XRD (8099F NHM std matches PDF 20-1092 andersonite)