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: Mordenite+Clinopt. GDS151 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: GDS151

MIXTURE_TYPE: Intimate

MIXTURE: Mordenite + Clinoptilolite (Zeolite group)

FORMULA: (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si10O24*7H2O + (Ca0.5,Na,K)6 [Al6Si30O72]*~20H2O

FORMULA_HTML: (Ca,Na₂,K₂)Al₂Si₁₀O₂₄•7H₂O + (Ca_0.5,Na,K)₆ [Al₆Si₃₀O₇₂]*~20H₂O

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Lander Co. NV

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Jim Crowley

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

Mordenite with Clinoptilolite as a major contaminant.

Jim Crowley, USGS, 1993, personal communication.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2b3b4u # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns