Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00414
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Indigirite, possibly
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class)
Sample source 1:
Sarylakh deposit, Indigirki River
Source location 1:
Yakutia, Yakutskya, Russia (RU)
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1974,521
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White
Other:
"an inadequately described species" -Fleischer
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Fleischer, M. "New Mineral Names." American Mineralogist 57 (1972): 325-29. Indolev, L. N., Yu. Ya. Zhdanov, K. I. Kashirtseva, V. S. Suknev, and K. I. Del'yanidi. "Magnesium and Aluminum Hydrocarbonate: A New Indighirite." Zapiski Vsesoiuznoe Mineralogischeskoe Obshchestvo 100.2 (1971): 178-83. Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C4 H32 Al2 Mg2 O29
Linear formula:
Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)12*15H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Mg:Al=1.2:1 ? with minor Si, Ca, P and trace Na & Fe), SEM, XRD