Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00372
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Desautelsite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), sjogrenite (mineral group)
Source location 1:
San Benito County, California (CA), US
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1978,602
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Other:
Spectrum is similar to those of hydrotalcite, pyroaurite and sjogrenite
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Dunn, P. J., D. R. Peacor, and T. D. Palmer. "Desautelsite, a New Mineral of the Pyroaurite Group." American Mineralogist 64.1, 2 (1979): 127-30.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C H24 Mg Mn O23
Linear formula:
Mg6Mn2(CO3)(OH)16*4H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Mg:Mn=6:1.3 with trace Si), SEM, XRD (20221 NHM std=desautelsite)