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

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TITLE: Microcline HS103 Feldspar DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: HS103

MINERAL_TYPE: Tectosilicate

MINERAL: Microcline (Feldspar group)

FORMULA: KAlSi3O8

FORMULA_HTML: KAlSi₃O₈

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Crystal Peak, Colorado

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Dimorphous with Orthoclase.

"This spectrum (103B) displays as its major feature a broad band near 1.3µ similar to the ferrous ion band in the two anorthite's above. This sample is quite pure in hand specimen, but Deer and others (1963) note that alkali feldspars are a series varying from pure KAlSi₃O₈ (microcline) to pure NaAlSi₃O₈ (albite) but they normally also contain a small amount of CaAl_2-Si₂O₈ (anorthite). It appears that the anorthite fraction of this microcline contains substituted ferrous iron as in the anorthite's above, which also accounts for the bands in the visible at 0.38 and 0.42µ. Weak bands at 1.9 and 2.5µ are due to included water, while the 2.2µ band is due to the combination involving the AlOH bend."

Sieve interval 74 - 250µm.

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, v. 4, p. 85-106.

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

Max. microcline + albite(L) + quartz(m)

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Not done yet

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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:	splib04a r 2990	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib05a r 4354	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib06a r 13639			g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib06a r 13651			g.s.=