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TITLE: Microcline HS82 DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: HS82
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:
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.
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Max. microcline + albite(L)
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE:
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
Sample composed largely of microcline with 20% low order gray interference color albite? G. Swayze.
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2b3b4? # 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 |
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LIB_SPECTRA: | splib04a r 2979 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 4401 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 13859 | g.s.= | ||
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 13871 | g.s.= |