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

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TITLE: Kieserite KIEDE1 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: KIEDE1

MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfate

MINERAL: Kieserite

FORMULA: MgSO4*H2O

FORMULA_HTML: MgSO4*H2O

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Kieser Germany

ORIGINAL_DONOR: R.V. Morris and Dough Ming

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Sample is a white powder. Kieserite is a hydrous Mg-sulfate.

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
NO PHOTO

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

Not Available

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Sample is has kieserite, minor langbeinite, trace halite, and a possible trace of romerite. Sample XRD by Stephen Sutley.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS:

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

None END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

Possible spectral features not due to kieserite may exist in the 1.9 and 2.1 micron regions. G. Swayze.

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2c3c4_ # 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: splib05a r 1485 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 12283 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 12310 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 12337 g.s.=