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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 394

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00394
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Stenonite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class)
Source location 1:
Ivigtut, Frederikshaab District, South Greenland
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1966,536
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White, colorless
Other:
The specimen is from the type material
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Hawthorne, F. C. "The Crystal Structure of Stentonite and the Classification of the Aluminofluoride Minerals." Canadian Mineralogist 22.2 (1984): 245-51. Pauley, H., M. Dano, and E. L. Mortensen. "Stentonite, a New Carbonate Fluoride from Ivigtut, South Greenland." Meddelelser Om Gronland 169.9 (1962): 24.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Linear formula:
(Sr,Ba,Na)2Al(CO3)F
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Sr:Al=approx. 2:1 minor Ca, Si, trace only Ba, Na), SEM, XRD (12313 NHM std)