Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 337 |
IRUG filename: IMP00337 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Burbankite | Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), eitelite (mineral group) |
Sample source 1: Mont St Hilaire | Source location 1: Quebec, Canada | Sample source 2: Royal Museum of Scotland |
Source location 2: Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK | Sample identifier 2: RMS 1979.25.4 | Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland |
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK | Other: Compare spectrum with that of the chemically similar carbocernaite | Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy |
Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Chen, T. T., and G. Y. Chao. "Burbankite from Mont St Hilaire, Quebec." Canadian Mineralogist 12.5 (1974): 342-45. Effenberger, H., F. Kluger, H. Paulus, and E.R. Woelfel. "Crystal Structure Refinement of Burbankite." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 12.5 (1985): 342-45., Ginderow, D. "Structure of Na3M3(CO3)5 (M=rare Earth,Ca,Na,Sr) Related to Burbankite." Acta Crystallographica, Section C, Crystal Structure Communications 45.2 (1989): 185-87. Pecora, W. T., and J. H. Kerr. "Burbankite and Calkinsite, Two New Minerals from Montana." American Mineralogist 38 (1953): 1169-1183. | Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland |
Originating institution acronym: NHM | Linear formula: (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ca)3(CO3)5 | Other analytical methods: EDS, SEM, XRD (4184 NHM std) |