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: Pyrophyl.25+ wx Kaolinite.75 AMX17 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: AMX17

MIXTURE_TYPE: Areal

MIXTURE: Pyrophyllite, Kaolinite

FORMULA: Al2Si4O10(OH)2 + Al2Si2O5(OH)4

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂ + Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: (Stanley, NC.), (Mesa Alta, New Mexico).

ORIGINAL_DONOR: (Bruce Hemingway), (Clay Mineral Society).

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

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

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

See PYS1A, CM9. Pyroph 25% + Kaolwxl 75%

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

See PYS1A, CM9.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: EPMA # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

See PYS1A, CM9.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

See PYS1A, CM9.

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2b3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns