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overviewcatalogueAM-2008-10005-A

AM-2008-10005-A · Cinnabararchived

physical & structuralrev. 4
designationCinnabar
chemical formulaHgS
classificationSulfide
crystal systemTrigonal
mohs hardness2 – 2.5
density (g/cm³)8.15
colourFaintly brownish red, dull
type localityDzhezkazgan, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
raman spectroscopy532 nm · pass A
200400600800100012001400Raman shift (cm⁻¹)intensity (arb.)251283343
λ_excitation: 532 nm · acq. 3 × 10 s · grating 1800 g/mmfig. 1 · raman.am-2008-10005-a.svg

reported peaks (cm⁻¹): 251, 283, 343

notessubmitter remarks + registry

Donated as part of a regional mineralogy survey; no individual provenance retained.

chain of custody8 events · 5 seal-breaks

Events recorded against this accession in the registry's printed custody book. Operator initials are anonymous. Storage codes follow the convention vault-shelf-drawer.

timestampstagedetailop.
2008-11-18 11:12 UTCintakeweighed, dimensioned, photographed; container sealed and labelled with the accession identifierC.B.
2008-11-22 09:29 UTCpass Avisual inspection · density (Archimedes) · mass to ±0.01 gN.P.
2008-11-28 12:40 UTCpass BRaman acquisition; 3 peaks above prominence threshold
instrument: Renishaw inVia (532 nm)
ref. checked: AMCSD #6869
N.P.
2008-12-01 15:29 UTCstoragere-bagged, label re-printed; placed in vault B, shelf 20, drawer 11C.B.
2010-12-01 16:53 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationP.S.
2012-11-30 08:54 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationP.S.
2014-11-30 09:58 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationP.S.
2016-11-29 09:23 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationP.S.

physical location: vault B · shelf 20 · drawer 11 · last documented inspection: 2016-11-29 09:23 UTC

errata · corrections of record1 entry

The following corrections have been issued for this record since accession. Original values are retained here for citation purposes; the canonical metadata above reflects the most recent correction.

idissuedfieldwasnow
ERR-2017-00012017-10-01crystalSystemmonoclinicmonoclinic (P2₁/c)