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Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00450	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Dolomite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous normal carbonate (class), dolomite (mineral group)
CAS name: Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)	Sample source 1: North Pool Mine	Source location 1: Illogan, Cornwall, UK
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM1947,52
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: White
Other: Forms a series with ankerite and kutnohorite, compare spectrum with those of other members of the dolomite group i.e. ankerite & kutnohorite	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Dubrawski, J. V., A. L. Channon, and S. S. J. Warne. "The Effects of Substitution in the Dolomite Ferroan Dolomite Ankerite Series as Illustration by FTIR." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte 8 (1989): 337-44., Farmer, V. C., and S. S. J. Warne. "Infrared Spectroscopic Evaluation of Iron Contents and Excess Calcium in Minerals of the Dolomite Ankerite Series." American Mineralogist 63.7, 8 (1978): 779-81., Rao, Yuxue. "Infrared Spectroscopy Used to Identify Minerals of the Dolomite Ankerite Series." Geology and Prospecting 22.4 (1986): 41-42., Rakche(y)ev, A. D., M. A. Ragab, and E. I. Ventslovaite. "Diagnosis Od Calcium, Magnesium, and Iron Carbonates According to the Light Absorption Spectra." Moscow University Geology Bulletin 39.6 (1984): 67-71.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C2 Ca Mg O6	Linear formula: CaMg(CO3)2	CAS registry no: 16389-88-1
Other analytical methods: EDS (Ca:Mg=1:1 pure), SEM, XRD