Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

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