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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 463

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00463
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Dawsonite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), dawsonite (mineral group)
Sample source 1:
Francon Quarry
Source location 1:
St. Michel, Montreal Island, Quebec, CA
Sample source 2:
Royal Museum of Scotland
Source location 2:
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK
Sample identifier 2:
RMS1978.2
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Other:
Peek assignments for dawsonite are discussed in Farmer
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Estep, P. A., and C. Jr Karr. "The Infrared Spectra of Dawsonite." American Mineralogist 53.1, 2 (1968): 305-09. Frueh, A. J. Jr, and J. P. Golightly. "The Crystal Structure of Dawsonite NaAl(CO3)(OH)2." Canadian Mineralogist 9 (1967): 51-56. Serna, C. J., J. V. Garcia Ramos, and M. J. Pena. "Vibrational Study of Dawsonite Type Compounds MAl(OH)2CO3 (M = Na, K, NH4)." Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy 41.5 (1985): 697-702.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C H2 Al Na O5
Linear formula:
NaAl(CO3)(OH)2
Other analytical methods:
EDS (major Na, Al trace Fe), SEM, XRD (4096 NHM std)