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Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00419	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Harkerite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Compound carbonate (class)
Sample source 1: Camas Malag	Source location 1: Isle of Skye, Highland Region, Scotland, UK	Sample source 2: Royal Museum of Scotland
Source location 2: Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK	Sample identifier 2: RMS unregistered	Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Other: Formula has idealized unit cell content, see Giuseppetti for a discussion of the structure and unit cell contents	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode: Tran	Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Giuseppetti, G., F. Mazzi, and C. Tadini. "The Crystal Structure of Harkerite." American Mineralogist 62.3, 4 (1977): 263-72., Malinko, S. V., and N. N. Kuznetsova. "A New Find of Sakhaite." Zapiski Vsesoiuznoe Mineralogicheskoe Obshchestvo 102.2 (1973): 164-70., Tilley, C. E. "The Zoned Contact Skarns of the Broadford Area, Skye: A Study of Boron Fluorine Metasomatism in Dolomites." Mineralogical Magazine 29.214 (1951): 621-66.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym: NHM	Linear formula: Ca24Mg8[AlSi4(O,OH)16]2(BO3)8(CO3)8(H2O,Cl)	Other analytical methods: EDS Ca:Mg:Al:Si:Cl=approx. 12:5:1:5:0.5 + trace Fe (B not determined), SEM, XRD (9997 NHM std)