Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00376
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Brugnatellite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), hydrotalcite (sjogrenite) (mineral group)
CAS name:
Brugnatellite (FeMg6(CO3)​(OH)​13.4H2O)
Sample source 1:
Torre San Marino
Source location 1:
Val Malenco, Valtellina, Lombardia, Italy
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1910,560
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Bronze
Other:
Spectrum is similar to that of sjogrenite and other members of the hydrotalcite group
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Bedogne, F., and R. Pagano. "Mineral Collecting in Val Malenco." Mineralogical Record 3.3 (1972): 120-23., Fenoglio, Massimo. "Ricerche Sulla Brugnatellite." Periodico Di Mineralogia 9.1 (1938): 1-13.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Linear formula:
Mg6Fe(CO3)(OH)13*4H2O
CAS registry no:
12419-41-9
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Mg:Fe=4:1 + trace Mn, Ni), SEM, XRD