DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: HS151.1B, HS151.2B, HS151.3B, HS151.4B, HS151.6
MINERAL_TYPE: Tectosilicate
MINERAL: Microcline (Feldspar group)
FORMULA: KAlSi3O8
FORMULA_HTML: KAlSi3O8
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Custer County, Colorado
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Dimorphous with Orthoclase.
"The microcline spectra shows fairly weak H2O features near 1.4 and 1.9µ, and a very weak feature near 2.2µ due to the OH stretch-AlOH bend combination. It also displays a quite sharp drop off at approximately 0.55µ which is typical of the ferric oxides. Sample is pinkish in color, which is not due to an alteration coating of ferric oxide. Deer and others (1963) point out that Fe3+ may substitute for Al in limited amount in normal alkali feldspars, but excess Fe3+ will exsolved either as discrete particles of iron-bearing mineral, or as an iron staining on grain boundaries and cleavage planes. The latter appears to be the case for this microcline, which explains the ferric oxide type of visible spectrum. There is, however, insufficient ferric oxide present to yield a discernible near-infrared feature."
Hunt, G.R., J.W. Salisbury, and C.J. Lenhoff, 1973, Visible and near-infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: VI. Additional silicates. Modern Geology, v. 4, p. 85-106.
Grain size fractions are indicated by the extension after the sample number:
.1B = <5 µm
.2B = <74 µm
.3B = 74-250 µm
.4B = 250-1200 µm
.6 = cut slab
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Maximum microcline + albite(large) + mica(small)
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:
Spectra have evidence for a weak 2.2 micron absorption likely due to trace montmorillonite or muscovite. G. Swayze.
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS151.1B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS151.2B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2c3c4_ # HS151.3B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS151.4B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS151.6 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns