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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 436

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00436
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Sharpite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated normal carbonate (class)
Source location 1:
Shinkolobwe, Shaba, Zaire
Sample source 2:
Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium
Source location 2:
Brussels, BE
Sample source 3:
Royal Museum of Scotland
Source location 3:
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Cejka, J., Z. Mrazek, and Z. Urbanec. "New Data on Sharpite, a Calcium Uranyl Carbonate." Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1984): 109-17., Urbanec, Z., and J. Cejka. "Infrared Spectra of Rutherfordine and Sharpite." Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications 44 (1979): 1-9.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C5 H16 Ca O37 U6
Linear formula:
Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4*6H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Ca:U=approx. 1:5.5 with trace Fe), SEM, XRD (4564 NHM std)