DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: FE2602
MINERAL_TYPE: Oxide
MINERAL: Hematite (Hematite group)
FORMULA: alpha-Fe2O3
FORMULA_HTML: alpha-Fe2O3
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Larimer County, CO
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Colorado School of Mines
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Dimorphous with Maghemite.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure (?).
Kruse, F.A., P.L. Hauff, eds., 1992, The IGCP-264 Spectral Properties Database. IUGS/UNESCO, Special Publication, 211 p., (in press).
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE:
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
average grain size= 18 µm
2 vol % pyroxene or feldspar contamination
red luster semi-transparent grains. G. Swayze.
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns