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

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TITLE: Chert ANP90-6D (White) DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: ANP90-6D

MINERAL_TYPE: Tectosilicate

MINERAL: Chert (var. of Quartz)

FORMULA: SiO2

FORMULA_HTML: SiO2

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Arches National Park, Utah

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Greg Swayze

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

White chert from the Moab Tongue of the Entrada Formation.

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

XRD analysis reveals the presence of quartz. Stephen Sutley Analyist

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1?2_3_4_ # 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 924 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 1635 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 4621 g.s.=