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

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TITLE: Microcline HS151 Feldspar DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: HS151

MINERAL_TYPE: Tectosilicate

MINERAL: Microcline (Feldspar group)

FORMULA: KAlSi3O8

FORMULA_HTML: KAlSi₃O₈

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Custer County, 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.

"The microcline spectra shows fairly weak H₂O features near 1.4 and 1.9µ, and a very weak feature near 2.2µ due to the OH stretch-AlOH bend combination. It also displays a quite sharp drop off at approximately 0.55µ which is typical of the ferric oxides. Sample is pinkish in color, which is not due to an alteration coating of ferric oxide. Deer and others (1963) point out that Fe³⁺ may substitute for Al in limited amount in normal alkali feldspars, but excess Fe³⁺ will exsolved either as discrete particles of iron-bearing mineral, or as an iron staining on grain boundaries and cleavage planes. The latter appears to be the case for this microcline, which explains the ferric oxide type of visible spectrum. There is, however, insufficient ferric oxide present to yield a discernible near-infrared feature."

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) + mica(s)

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

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_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 3023	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib05a r 4390	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib06a r 13804			g.s.=