Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

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IRUG filename: IMP00340	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Zaratite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Hydrated carbonate with hydroxyl or halogen (class)
CAS name: Zaratite (Ni3(CO3)(OH)4.4H2O)	Sample source 1: Wood's Mine	Source location 1: New Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA), US
Sample source 2: British Museum	Source location 2: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B-3DG, UK	Sample identifier 2: BM22014
Sample source 3: The Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Source location 3: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, Edinburgh, UK	Color: Green, dark
Other: Partially amorphous, as were all of the zaratite specimens studied, the validity of zaratite as a species is discussed in Isaacs, compare spectrum with that of hellyerite	Application: Transmission FTIR spectroscopy	Mode: Tran
Literature Reference: Jones, G. C., and B. Jackson. Infrared Transmission Spectra of Carbonate Minerals. London: Chapman & Hall, 1993. Huang, C. K., and P. F. Kerr. "Infrared Study of the Carbonate Minerals." American Mineralogist 45 (1960): 331-24. Isaacs, T. "The Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Nickel Carbonates." Mineralogical Magazine 33.263 (1963): 663-78.	Originating institution name: Natural History Museum, National Museums of Scotland	Originating institution acronym: NHM
Molecular formula: C3 H12 Ni3 O11	Linear formula: Ni3(CO3)(OH)4*4H2O	CAS registry no: 1319-49-9
Other analytical methods: EDS (Ni:Mg variable from 1:1 to 16:1 with trace Si, S), SEM, XRD (12438 NHM std=zaratite (poorly crystalline))