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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 183

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00183
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Brucite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Magnesium hydroxide, brucite group, oxide/hydroxide class
CAS name:
Brucite (Mg(OH)2)
Source location 1:
Texas, Lycoming County (Co.), Pennsylvania (PA), US
Sample source 2:
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences (NMNH)
Source location 2:
Washington, DC, 20560, US
Sample identifier 2:
14390
Sample source 3:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Scientific Laboratory
Source location 3:
Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 19101, US
Color:
Colorless, transparent
Application:
MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode:
Tran
Originating institution name:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Originating institution acronym:
PMA
Linear formula:
Mg(OH)2
CAS registry no:
1317-43-7
Density
(g/cc):
2.39 (average)
Other analytical methods:
XRF