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overviewcatalogueAM-2014-10001-A

AM-2014-10001-A · Sideritearchived

physical & structuralrev. 4
designationSiderite
chemical formulaFeCO₃
classificationCarbonate / Calcite group
crystal systemTrigonal
mohs hardness3.5 – 4.5
density (g/cm³)3.96
colourPale yellow-brown
type localityRed Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
raman spectroscopy532 nm · pass A
200400600800100012001400Raman shift (cm⁻¹)intensity (arb.)182283
λ_excitation: 532 nm · acq. 3 × 10 s · grating 1800 g/mmfig. 1 · raman.am-2014-10001-a.svg

reported peaks (cm⁻¹): 182, 283, 1733

notessubmitter remarks + registry

Specimen accompanied by a single typewritten card listing the locality and the year of collection. No further provenance information.

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.
2014-05-09 12:30 UTCintakeweighed, dimensioned, photographed; container sealed and labelled with the accession identifierM.A.
2014-05-14 10:30 UTCpass Avisual inspection · density (Archimedes) · mass to ±0.01 gS.W.
2014-05-17 13:50 UTCpass BRaman acquisition; 3 peaks above prominence threshold
instrument: Renishaw inVia (532 nm, low-power head)
ref. checked: COD entry 179706
S.W.
2014-05-20 16:01 UTCstoragere-bagged, label re-printed; placed in vault D, shelf 09, drawer 19M.A.
2016-05-19 16:03 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationR.E.
2018-05-19 14:58 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationR.E.
2020-05-18 16:28 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationR.E.
2022-05-18 11:02 UTCre-inspectionseal intact · label legible · no visible degradationR.E.

physical location: vault D · shelf 09 · drawer 19 · last documented inspection: 2022-05-18 11:02 UTC