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TITLE: Arsenopyrite HS262-3B DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: HS262-3B
MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfide
MINERAL: Arsenopyrite
FORMULA: FeAsS
FORMULA_HTML: FeAsS
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Gold Hills, Utah
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Spectra for this sample were originally published in: Hunt, G.R., J.W. Salisbury, and C.J. Lenhoff, 1971, Visible and near-infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: IV. Sulphide's and sulphate's. Modern Geology, v. 3, p. 1-14. With the note: "This sample is contaminated with some quartz and a small amount of pyrite and elemental sulphur. Arsenopyrite is opaque and spectrally featureless. Its opacity is caused by the conduction band extending over the entire range, mainly due to the presence of arsenic. The contaminants in this sample are not abundant enough to alter this behavior, and the fact that the largest particle size falls approximately in the middle of its reflectivity range has no real significance." Sample measured for the library was the 74-250µm sieve interval.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
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XRD_ANALYSIS:
40 kV - 30 mA, 7.0-9.5 keV File: arsn263.mdi, *.out (smear mount on quartz plate) References: JCPDS #42-1320; Huebner's reference patterns Found: Quartz, arsenopyrite, un-indexed weak to very weak reflections at 6.3, 4.5, 3.42, 3.18, 2.86, and 2.75 Angstroms Comment: Quartz reflections of moderate intensity (the (100) peak of nominal relative intensity 22% did not exceed 200 counts.sec-1), arsenopyrite reflections much weaker. Un indexed reflections could not be identified, suggesting they may represent more than one phase. Peaks are symmetric and of normal width, but alpha1-alpha2 wavelength resolution is poor. Phases are only moderately crystalline.
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: NONE #XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace),WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE:
None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
None
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
avg. grain size = 265µm for arsenopyrite 59 vol% quartz 40 vol% arsenopyrite 1 vol% elemental sulfur Optically opaque, grayish yellow metallic luster. Suggest magnetic separation be done on this sample. G. Swayze.
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
None END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2c3d4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
| LIB_SPECTRA_HED: | where | Wave Range | Av_Rs_Pwr | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib04a r 583 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= 265 µm |
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 1225 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 3124 | g.s.= | ||
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 3135 | g.s.= |