Section: 6 | Minerals and pigments (MP) | Page: 338 |
IRUG filename: IMP00338 | Data type: Infrared | IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP) |
Sample type: Reference material | Common name(s): Weloganite | Chemical/botanical name(s): Hydrated normal carbonate (class) |
Sample source 1: Francon Quarry | Source location 1: St Michel, Montreal Island, Quebec, CA | Sample source 2: Royal Museum of Scotland |
Source location 2: Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK | Sample identifier 2: RMS1976.34.1 | Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland |
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK | Color: Straw-colored | Other: Forms a series w/ donnayite-(Y), spectrum closely matches that shown in the original description, Sabina, and is similar to those of donnayite-(Y) abd mckelveyite-(Y) |
Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy | Mode: Tran | Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Sabina, A. P., J. L. Jambor, and Plant A. G. "Weloganite, a New Strontium Zirconium Carbonate from Montreal Island, Canada." Canadian Mineralogist 9.4 (1968): 468-77 w/ correction, Canadian Mineralogist 9.5 (1969): 654. |
Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland | Originating institution acronym: NHM | Molecular formula: C6 H6 Na2 O21 Sr3 Zr |
Linear formula: Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6*3H2O | Other analytical methods: EDS, SEM, XRD (39476 NHM std) |