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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: Renyolds_Tnl_Sludge SM93-15 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Man_Made

SAMPLE_ID: SM93-15

MATERIAL_TYPE: Mineral mixture

MATERIAL: Precipitate from Acid Waste Water Treatment

FORMULA: Unknown

FORMULA_HTML: Unknown

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Summitville mine area, edge of pond

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Gregg Swayze and Trude King

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Spectroscopy Lab

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Spectroscopy Lab

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Sample was collected from the edge of a pond on the tailings pile at the Summitville Mine during the summer of 1993. The sample was of a waste product generated during de-acidification of mine waste water. The sample was transported and dumped on the tailings pile for containment.

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

The spectrum of the dried sludge has very strong nearly saturated Fe-absorptions at 0.4954 and 0.9556 microns. The rest of the spectrum is dominated by broad water absorptions. There is a weak vibrational absorption at 2.255 microns.

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns