Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 411 |
IRUG filename: IMP00411 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Norsethite | Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), dolomite (mineral group) |
Source location 1: Rosh Pinah, Namibia | Sample source 2: Royal Museum of Scotland | Source location 2: Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK |
Sample identifier 2: RMS1976.33.14 | 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, but distinguishable from, that of dolomite | Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy | Mode: Tran |
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Scheetz, B. E., and W. B. White. "Vibrational Spectra of the Alkaline Earth Double Carbonates." American Mineralogist 62.1, 2 (1977): 36-50. White, W. B. "The Carbonate Minerals." The Infrared Spectra of Minerals. Ed. V. C. Farmer. Monograph 4 ed. London: Mineralogical Society of London, 1974. 227-84. | Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland | Originating institution acronym: NHM |
Molecular formula: C2 Ba Mg O6 | Linear formula: BaMg(CO3)2 | Other analytical methods: EDS (Ba:Mg=0.7:1+minor Mn & trace Ca, Na, Fe, Sr), SEM, XRD (3902 NHM std) |