Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Details

IRUG filename:
IMP00419
Data type:
Infrared
IRUG material class:
Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type:
Reference material
Common name(s):
Harkerite
Chemical/botanical name(s):
Compound carbonate (class)
Sample source 1:
Camas Malag
Source location 1:
Isle of Skye, Highland Region, Scotland, UK
Sample source 2:
Royal Museum of Scotland
Source location 2:
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK
Sample identifier 2:
RMS unregistered
Sample source 3:
The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Source location 3:
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK
Other:
Formula has idealized unit cell content, see Giuseppetti for a discussion of the structure and unit cell contents
Application:
Transmission FTIR spectroscopy
Mode:
Tran
Literature Reference:
Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993., Giuseppetti, G., F. Mazzi, and C. Tadini. "The Crystal Structure of Harkerite." American Mineralogist 62.3, 4 (1977): 263-72., Malinko, S. V., and N. N. Kuznetsova. "A New Find of Sakhaite." Zapiski Vsesoiuznoe Mineralogicheskoe Obshchestvo 102.2 (1973): 164-70., Tilley, C. E. "The Zoned Contact Skarns of the Broadford Area, Skye: A Study of Boron Fluorine Metasomatism in Dolomites." Mineralogical Magazine 29.214 (1951): 621-66.
Originating institution name:
Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland
Originating institution acronym:
NHM
Linear formula:
Ca24Mg8[AlSi4(O,OH)16]2(BO3)8(CO3)8(H2O,Cl)
Other analytical methods:
EDS Ca:Mg:Al:Si:Cl=approx. 12:5:1:5:0.5 + trace Fe (B not determined), SEM, XRD (9997 NHM std)