Sample Description USGS Spectral Library Version 7

USGS Spectral Library Version 7 Sample Description

Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Pearson, N.C., Wise, R.A., Benzel, W.M., Lowers, H.A., Driscoll, R.L., and Klein, A.J., 2017, USGS Spectral Library Version 7: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1035, 61 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1035
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TITLE: Kaol_Wxl+0.5Musc_Ruby AMX12 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: CU91-250A

MIXTURE_TYPE: Areal

MIXTURE: 50% Kaolinite CM9 and 50% Muscovite GDS113

FORMULA: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 and KAl2Si3O10(OH)2

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ and
KAl₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Mesa Alta, New Mexico (Kaolinite) and Brazil (muscovite).

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Clay Mineral Standard (kaolinite) and Jim Post from SUNY (muscovite)

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

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

This is an areal mixture (linear) calculated using spectra of pure endmembers.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

see: Kaolinite CM9 and Muscovite GDS113

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: NONE # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace),WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

See Kaolinite CM9 and Muscovite GDS113

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Kaolinite CM9 and Muscovite GDS113

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

Spectrum has a muscovite band superimposed on the kaolinite doublet at 2.2 microns that strongly resembles that of halloysite.

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns