Interactive IRUG Spectrum

Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 556

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IRUG filename: IMP00556	Data type: Infrared	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Art object / artifact	Common name(s): Green corrosion, malachite phase	Chemical/botanical name(s): Copper(II) hydroxycarbonate
CAS name: Malachite (Cu2(CO3)(OH)2)	Sample source 1: Bronze Hanging Holy Water Vessel	Source location 1: Java, Indonesia
Sample source 2: Bronze Hanging Holy Water Vessel	Source location 2: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, US	Sample identifier 2: 1990-30-1, Sample 1, green corrosion
Color: Green, medium, semi-opaque	Age: 12th-13th C.	Application: MFTIR (Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy)
Mode: Tran	Originating institution name: Philadelphia Museum of Art	Originating institution acronym: PMA
Linear formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2	CAS registry no: 1319-53-5	Other analytical methods: SEM (scanning electron microscopy), EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy)