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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.= |