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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 456

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IRUG filename:
IMP00456
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Vaterite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), calcite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Vaterite (Ca(CO3))
Sample source 1:
NHM Labs
Source location 1:
London, UK
Sample source 2:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 2:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White
Other:
Trimorphous with aragonite and calcite, the spectra of all three polymorphs are easily distinguished, the material was prepared according to the method given in Mitsuo
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Sato, Mitsuo, and Matsuda Shunji. "Structure of Vaterite and Infrared Spectra." Zeitschrift Fur Kristallographie 129.5, 6 (1969): 405-10. Weir, C. E., and E. R, Lippincott. "Infrared Studies of Aragonite, Calcite and Vaterite." Journal of Research, National Bureau of Standards 65.A (1961): 173-83.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C Ca O3
Linear formula:
CaCO3
CAS registry no:
13701-58-1
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Ca only), SEM, XRD (6202F NHM std)