Clark and others 2007 USGS Data Series 231
Spectral Library splib06a Sample Description

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TITLE: Axinite HS342 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: HS342

MINERAL_TYPE: Cyclosilicate

MINERAL: Axinite (Axinite group)

FORMULA: (Ca,Mn,Fe+2)3Al2BO3Si4O15(OH)

FORMULA_HTML: (Ca,Mn,Fe⁺²)₃Al₂BO₃Si₄O₁₅(OH)

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Mexico

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

"(Ca, Fe²⁺, Mn)₃Al₂(BO₃)(Si₄O₁₂)(OH): Axinite is found in contact-altered calcareous rocks and in hydrothermal veins. Its spectrum reveals iron bands in the visible and an extremely intense feature centered near 1.2µm, together with a broad feature to longer wavelengths."

Hunt, G.R., J.W. Salisbury, and C.J. Lenhoff, 1973, Visible and near-infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: VI. Additional silicates. Modern Geology, vol. 4, pp 85-106.

74-250µm sieve interval.

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

40 kV - 30 mA, 6.5-9.5 keV
File: axint342_mdi, *.out (smear mount on quartz plate)
References: JCPDS #29-344, 27-76, 6-444, 27-84; Huebner's reference patterns
Found: mineral of axinite group; very weak reflections at 2.86, 2.12, 1.95, and 1.755 Angstroms
Sought but not found: actinolite, andradite, biotite, calcite, datolite, epidote, feldspars, fluorite, hedenbergite, laumontite, prehnite, pyrite, quartz, tourmaline, zoisite

Comment: Very sharp reflections indicate excellent crystallinity. Members of the axinite group have similar unit cell dimensions. Based on peak positions, we suggest that HS-342 is ferroaxinite, tinzenite, or manganaxinite, but not magnesioaxinite.

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

No compositional analyses available

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Optical examination gives the following mineral mode:

99 vol% axinite
1 vol% wh. mica?

avg. grain size = 330µm

Flaky fractured axinite grains with faint pink color. One distinct cleavage, high relief, inclined extinction, and (-) biaxial with 2V=40/(de. All these optical properties are consistent with axinite. G. Swayze

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2c3b4b # 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 625	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.= 330 µm
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib05a r 1274	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib06a r 3302			g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib06a r 3314			g.s.=