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Section: 6 Minerals and pigments (MP) Page: 338

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Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00338
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Weloganite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Hydrated normal carbonate (class)
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:
RMS1976.34.1
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
Straw-colored
Other:
Forms a series w/ donnayite-(Y), spectrum closely matches that shown in the original description, Sabina, and is similar to those of donnayite-(Y) abd mckelveyite-(Y)
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Sabina, A. P., J. L. Jambor, and Plant A. G. "Weloganite, a New Strontium Zirconium Carbonate from Montreal Island, Canada." Canadian Mineralogist 9.4 (1968): 468-77 w/ correction, Canadian Mineralogist 9.5 (1969): 654.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C6 H6 Na2 O21 Sr3 Zr
Linear formula:
Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6*3H2O
Other analytical methods:
EDS, SEM, XRD (39476 NHM std)