Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 14

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Details

IRUG filename: RMP00014	Data type: Raman	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Vermilion, Pigment Red 106 (PR106), CI77766	Chemical/botanical name(s): Mercuric sulfide
CAS name: Mercury sulfide (HgS)	Sample source 1: Le Franc	Sample source 2: Forbes Pigment Collection, Straus Conservation Center, Fogg Art Museum
Source location 2: 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138	Sample source 3: Forbes Pigment Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Laboratory, Marigene Butler	Source location 3: Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US
Color: Red, medium, opaque	Application: Raman microscopy/microspectroscopy	Excitation source (nm): 785
Mode: Scat	Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art	Originating institution acronym: PMA
Molecular formula: Hg S	Linear formula: HgS	CAS registry no: 1344-48-5
Other analytical methods: EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy)