Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00457
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Shortite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), eitelite (mineral group)
Sample source 1:
West Vaca Mine
Source location 1:
Near Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (WY), US
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1968,42
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Colorless
Other:
Spectrum matches that shown in Sadtler (93), but has better resolution
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Bradley, W. H., and H. P. Eugster. "Geochemistry and Paleolimnology of the Trona Deposits and Associated Authigenic Minerals of the Green River Formation of Wyoming." U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper (1969): B1-B71. 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:
C3 Ca2 Na2 O9
Linear formula:
Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Na:Ca:MG=approx. 1:1:0.1 with trace K, Al, Si), SEM, XRD