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overviewcatalogueAM-2012-10012-A

AM-2012-10012-A · Aragonitearchived

physical & structuralrev. 3
designationAragonite
chemical formulaCaCO₃
classificationCarbonate / Aragonite group
crystal systemOrthorhombic
mohs hardness3.5 – 4
density (g/cm³)2.94
colourFaintly green
type localityCarrock mine, Cumbria, England
raman spectroscopy532 nm · pass A
200400600800100012001400Raman shift (cm⁻¹)intensity (arb.)1512087051086
λ_excitation: 532 nm · acq. 3 × 10 s · grating 1800 g/mmfig. 1 · raman.am-2012-10012-a.svg

reported peaks (cm⁻¹): 151, 208, 705, 1086, 1572

notessubmitter remarks + registry

Donated as part of a decommissioned teaching collection; 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.
2012-09-16 12:57 UTCintakeweighed, dimensioned, photographed; container sealed and labelled with the accession identifierH.D.
2012-09-19 16:02 UTCpass Avisual inspection · density (Archimedes) · mass to ±0.01 gM.A.
2012-09-29 08:29 UTCpass BRaman acquisition; 5 peaks above prominence threshold
instrument: Horiba LabRAM HR (532 nm)
ref. checked: RRUFF R05001
M.A.
2012-09-30 10:47 UTCstoragere-bagged, label re-printed; placed in vault B, shelf 08, drawer 36H.D.
2014-09-30 08:38 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationL.K.
2016-09-29 11:05 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationL.K.
2018-09-29 12:11 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationL.K.
2020-09-28 08:30 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationL.K.

physical location: vault B · shelf 08 · drawer 36 · last documented inspection: 2020-09-28 08:30 UTC