Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

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)