DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: NMNH123943
MINERAL_TYPE: Borate
MINERAL: Pinnoite
FORMULA: MgB2O4*3H2O
FORMULA_HTML: MgB2O4•3H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY:
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Smithsonian
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Synthetic hydrous borate. Spectrum originally published in: Crowley, J.K., 1993, Mapping playa evaporite minerals with AVIRIS data: A first Report from Death Valley, California: Remote Sensing of Environment, vol 44, p 337-356.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure pinnoite.
Crowley, J.K., 1993, Mapping playa evaporite minerals with AVIRIS data: A first Report from Death Valley, California: Remote Sensing of Environment, vol 44, p 337-356.
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: 1a2a3a4a # NMNH123943 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns