Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 368

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IRUG filename: IMP00368	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Kambaldaite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), hydromagnesite (mineral group)
Sample source 1: Kambalda	Source location 1: Western Australia	Sample source 2: Royal Museum of Scotland
Source location 2: Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK	Sample identifier 2: RMS unregistered	Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, 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. Engelhardt, L. M., S. R. Hall, and A. H. White. "Crystal Structure of Kambaldaite." American Mineralogist 70.3, 4 (1985): 423-27. Nickel, E. H., and B. W. Robinson. "Kambaldaite: A New Hydrated Ni Na Carbonate Mineral from Kambalda, Western Australia." American Mineralogist 70.3, 4 (1985): 419-22.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C3 H9 Na Ni4 O15	Linear formula: NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3*3H2O	Other analytical methods: EDS (major Ni and Na only), SEM, XRD (4257 NHM std)