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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 344

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00344
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Beyerite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), bismutite (mineral group)
Sample source 1:
Meyer's Ranch pegmatite
Source location 1:
Park County, Colorado (CO), US
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Sample identifier 2:
BM1965,254
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Gray, white
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Heinrich, E. W. "Beyerite from Colorado." Acta Crystallographica, Section C, Crystal Structure Communications 32.11 (1947): 660-66., Kupcik, V. "Bismuth: Crystal Chemistry." Ed. D. T. Long. Geochemistry of Bismuth. Ed. E. E. Angino. Stroudsburg: Dowden, Hutchinson and 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).
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Linear formula:
(Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 or Ca(BiO2)(CO3)2
Other analytical methods:
EDS, SEM, XRD (11117 NHM std=beyerite)