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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 383

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IRUG filename:
IMP00383
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Glaukosphaerite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), malachite (rosasite) (mineral group)
Source location 1:
Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1984,381
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Blue, green
Other:
Spectrum is close to those of kolwezite, mcguinnessite and rosasite, also compare with malachite, matches partial spectrum shown in Deliens
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Deliens, M., and P. Piret. "Kolwezite, Cu-Co Hydroxycarbonate, Analogue of Glaukosphaerite and Rosasite." Bulletin De La Societe Francaise De Mineralogie Et De Christallographie 103.2 (1980): 179-84., Nickel, E. H., and L. G. Berry. "The New Mineral Nullaginite and Additional Data on the Related Minerals Rosasite and Glaukosphaerite." Canadian Mineralogist 19.2 (1981): 315-24., Pyrce, M. W., and J. Just. "Glaukosphaerite: A New Nickel Analogue of Rosasite." Mineralogical Magazine 39.307 (1974): 737-43.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Linear formula:
(Cu,Ni)2(CO3)(OH)2
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Cu:Ni:Mg=1.2:0.8:0.1), SEM, XRD (4082F NHM std=glaukosphaerite)