Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 259

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IRUG filename: IMP00259	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Apatite (likely fluorapatite)	Chemical/botanical name(s): Group name for a series of related minerals, calcium (fluoro-, chloro-, hydroxyl-) phosphate
Sample source 1: Chester Collection, Rutgers University Geology Museum	Source location 1: Geology Hall, College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ, US	Sample identifier 1: 2372
Sample source 2: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Laboratory	Source location 2: Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US	Sample identifier 2: 2372
Color: Off-white	Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)	Mode: Tran
Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art	Originating institution acronym: PMA	Linear formula: Ca5(PO4)3F (ideal)
Other analytical methods: XRF