Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 472

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IRUG filename: IMP00472	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Bismutite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), bismutite (mineral group)
CAS name: Bismutite (Bi2(CO3)O2)	Sample source 1: Jessie Mine	Source location 1: 120 miles SE of Kabwe, Zambia
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM1929,1830
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Yellow, pale
Other: Spectrum matches Suhner (5-64 A) bismutite, but has an extra peak at 889 cm-1	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Kupcik, V. "Bismuth: Crystal Chemistry." Geochemistry of Bismuth. Ed. Ernest E. Angino and David T. Long. Stroudsburg: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1979. 13-19., Lagercrantz, A., and S. L. Gunnar. "On the Crystal Structure of Bi2O2CO3 (bismutite) and CaBi2O2(CO3)2 (beyerite)." Arkiv for Kemi, Mineralogi Och Geologi & K. Svenska Vetenskapsakad 25.20 (1948): 20.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C Bi2 O5	Linear formula: Bi2(CO3)O2	CAS registry no: 12069-37-3
Other analytical methods: EDS, SEM, XRD