DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: GDS25
MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfate
MINERAL: Butlerite
FORMULA: Fe+3(SO4)(OH)*2H2O
FORMULA_HTML: Fe+3(SO4)(OH)•2H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: MIT Collection
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Harvard Dana Collection
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
This sample was originally called Fibroferrite (Dave Sherman). Fibroferrite and butlerite have almost the same composition, differing only in the H2O content.
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XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure butlerite.
Konnert, Judith and Marta Flohr, 1992, unpublished data, USGS Reston, VA.
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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
None
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
Avg. gr sz = 10 µm
Very pure sample, all fibrous grains, length fast, nearly straight extinction. Fibrous nature prevents further determination of optical properties. Since I have no optical data on this mineral type to test its identity I cannot be optically sure this is Fibroferrite. G. Swayze.
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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4a # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns