DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: GDS150
MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfate
MINERAL: Mirabilite
FORMULA: Na2SO4*10H2O
FORMULA_HTML: Na2SO4•10H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Chemical Reagent
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Jim Crowley
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Formed by hydrous evaporation of Na2SO4 solution at room temperature.
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.
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XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure Mirabilite (Crowley, 1991)
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
Evaporation of Na2SO4 solution at room temperature
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4_ # GDS150 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns