DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE
SAMPLE_ID: BR93-46B
MIXTURE_TYPE: Intimate
MIXTURE: Anorthite, Augite, Quartz, Tridymite, and Cristobalite
FORMULA: CaAl2Si2O8, (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6, SiO2, SiO2, and SiO2
FORMULA_HTML: CaAl2Si2O8, (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6, SiO2, SiO2, and SiO2
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Newberry Mtns, Southeast of Barstow, CA, USA
COLLECTION_LATITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (N or S)
COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (W or E)
DATUM: Not Available # coordinate datum
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Eric Livo
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Basalt - gray vesicular flow rock (Fresh interior surface).
Mixture of Anorthite (Tectosilicate-Plagioclase,Ca endmember,Feldspar group), Augite (Inosilicate-Pyroxene group), Quartz (Tectosilicate), Tridymite (high-temperature polymorph of quartz), and Cristobalite (high-temperature polymorph of quartz)
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XRD_ANALYSIS:
Major: Anorthite
Minor: Augite, Quartz, Tridymite, and Cristobalite
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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
No additional compositional details available.
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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
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IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Not Available
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
Strong Fe+2 (Augite) absorption feature at one micron, Anorthite and the SiO2 don't contain absorption features in these wavelengths, though they may influence total reflectance levels. Spectral intensity is very low.
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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns