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Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00403	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Monohydrocalcite, calcite, monohydrate	Chemical/botanical name(s): Hydrated normal carbonate (class), nesquehonite (mineral group)
CAS name: Monohydrocalcite (Ca(CO3).H2O)	Sample source 1: St. Pierre Mine	Source location 1: Saint-Marie-Aux-Mines, Alsace, France
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM1979,47
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Blue, bright
Other: Blue color of the specimin is due to a very thin surface coating of cuproadamite	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Catherine, H., W. Skinner, G. W. Osbaldiston, and A. N. Wilner. "Monohydrocalcite in a Guinea Pig Bladder Stone, a Novel Occurrence." American Mineralogist 62.3, 4 (1977): 273-77., Ridkosil, T., J. Sejkora, and P. Ondrus. "Monohydrocalcite from Polymetallic Vein of the Vrancice Deposit, near Pribram, Czechoslovakia." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1991): 289-95.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C H2 Ca O4	Linear formula: CaCO3*H2O	CAS registry no: 38890-12-9
Other analytical methods: SEM, XRD (20385 NHM std)