Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 376 |
IRUG filename: IMP00376 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Brugnatellite | Chemical/botanical name(s): Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), hydrotalcite (sjogrenite) (mineral group) |
CAS name: Brugnatellite (FeMg6(CO3)(OH)13.4H2O) | Sample source 1: Torre San Marino | Source location 1: Val Malenco, Valtellina, Lombardia, Italy |
Sample source 2: British Museum | Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK | Sample identifier 2: BM1910,560 |
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland | Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK | Color: Bronze |
Other: Spectrum is similar to that of sjogrenite and other members of the hydrotalcite group | Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy | Mode: Tran |
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Bedogne, F., and R. Pagano. "Mineral Collecting in Val Malenco." Mineralogical Record 3.3 (1972): 120-23., Fenoglio, Massimo. "Ricerche Sulla Brugnatellite." Periodico Di Mineralogia 9.1 (1938): 1-13. | Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland | Originating institution acronym: NHM |
Linear formula: Mg6Fe(CO3)(OH)13*4H2O | CAS registry no: 12419-41-9 | Other analytical methods: EDS (Mg:Fe=4:1 + trace Mn, Ni), SEM, XRD |