Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00416
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Hydrozincite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Anhydrous carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class), aurichalcite (mineral group)
CAS name:
Hydrozincite (Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6)
Source location 1:
Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada, US
Sample source 2:
British Museum
Source location 2:
Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK
Sample identifier 2:
BM1934,975
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Color:
White, colorless
Other:
Chalky material gave a much more detailed and well-resolved spectrum than associated colorless needles (also hydrozincites), compare spectrum with that of hydrozincite ("Dorchester type") IR2755
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jambor, J. L. "Natural and Synthetic Hydrozincites." Canadian Mineralogist 8.5 (1966): 652-53., Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Molecular formula:
C2 H6 O12 Zn5
Linear formula:
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
CAS registry no:
12122-17-7
Other analytical methods:
EDS (Zn only), SEM, XRD (1692F NHM std=hydrozincites)