Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00444
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Smithsonite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), calcite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Smithsonite (Zn(CO3))
Source location 1:
Kabwe, Zambia
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1929,1648
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:
Compare spectrum with those of other members of the calcite group
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Braithwaite, R. S., and G. Ryback. "Rosasite, Aurichalcite, and Associated Minerals from Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, with a Note on Infra-red Spectra." Mineralogical Magazine 33 (1963): 441-49., Chester, R., and H. Elderfield. "The Application of Infra-red Absorption Spectroscopy to Carbonate Mineralogy." Sedimentology 9 (1967): 5307-309., Gevork'yan, S. V., and O. S. Povarennikh. "New Infrared Spectra for Minerals in the Calcite and Aragonite Groups." Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koyi RSR, Seriya B: Geologichni, Khimichni Ta Biologichni Nauki 11 (1983): 8-12.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C O3 Zn
Linear formula:
ZnCO3
CAS registry no:
14476-25-6
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Zn only), SEM, XRD (8273 NHM std)