Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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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)