DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE
SAMPLE_ID: BR93-25B
MIXTURE_TYPE: Coating
MIXTURE: Hematite and Quartzite
FORMULA: Fe2O3 and SiO2
FORMULA_HTML: Fe2O3 and SiO2
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Red Hill, Fry Mountains, 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: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Hematite coating on muscovite bearing quartzite occurring as fracture fills in a shear zone near the top of the hill.
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Major: Quartz
Minor: Muscovite, Albite, Microcline
Trace: Hematite
Note: XRD is of the rock, not just the hematite measured spectrally.
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
No additional compositional details available.
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Not Available
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
Strong hematite absorption features in the visible - near-IR (0.3 - 0.55 and
0.88 microns), moderate kaolinite absorption feature doublet at 2.2 microns,
and and weak muscovite feature at 2.2 microns.
This spectrum is identified as being from medium grained hematite.
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a_2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns