Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00439	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Azurite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), azurite (mineral group)
CAS name: Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2)	Source location 1: Chessy, Lyon, France	Sample source 2: British Museum
Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM91461	Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Blue, dark	Other: See Goldsmith for peak assignments, compare spectrum with that of malachite
Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran	Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Fijal, J., and J. Zietkiewicz. "Experimental Study on the Substitution of OH-1 Groups by F-1 Ions in Minerals." Bulletin De L'Academie Polonaise Des Sciences, Serie Des Sciences Geologiques Et Geographiques 17.1 (1969): 7-12., Goldsmith, J. A., and S. D. Ross. "The Infra-red Spectra of Azurite and Malachite." Spectrochimica Acta 24.A (1969): 2131-137.
Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM	Molecular formula: C2 H2 Cu3 O8
Linear formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2	CAS registry no: 1319-45-5	Other analytical methods: EDS (Cu only), SEM, XRD