DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: NMNH83904
MINERAL_TYPE: Halide
MINERAL: Kainite
FORMULA: MgSO4*KCl*3H2O
FORMULA_HTML: MgSO4•KCl•3H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Stassfurt, Germany
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Smithsonian
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Spectrum originally published in:
Crowley, J.K., 1991, Visible and Near-Infrared (0.4 - 2.5µm)
Reflectance Spectra of Playa Evaporite Minerals: Journal of
Geophysical Research, vol 96, no.B10, p. 16,231-16,240.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure Kainite (Crowley, 1991)
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
None
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4u # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns