Interactive IRUG Spectrum

RMP00246 Cornwallite, some PO4, Cu Stope, Majuba Hill, US; 532, RU, scat

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2187

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996

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102

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0.31

0.57

0.82

1.08

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Section: 6

Minerals and pigments (MP)

Page: 246

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Details

IRUG filename: RMP00246	Data type: Raman	IRUG material class: Minerals and pigments (MP)
Sample type: Reference material	Common name(s): Cornwallite, some phosphate substitution, phosphatian cornwallite	Chemical/botanical name(s): Copper arsenate hydroxide
Sample source 1: Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine	Source location 1: Pershing County, Nevada, US	Sample source 2: Excalibur Mineral Company
Source location 2: 1885 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA, US	Sample identifier 2: Cornwallite	Color: Green
Other: Qualitative EDS: Cu, As, low P	Application: Raman microscopy/microspectroscopy	Excitation source (nm): 532
Mode: Scat	Originating institution name: Rutgers University, Camden	Originating institution acronym: RU
Linear formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 (ideal)	Other analytical methods: EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), SEM (scanning electron microscopy)