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


TITLE: Prehnite GDS613 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: GDS613

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Prehnite

FORMULA: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

FORMULA_HTML: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Australia

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (N or S)

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (W or E)

DATUM: Not Available # coordinate datum

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Roger Clark, USGS Denver

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Tumbled polished prehnite sample. Large rocks were ground to make <60µm (a) and >60µm (b) size fractions.

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Not Available

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Pure prehnite.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION
KEYWORD
Oxide
ASCII
Amount Weight
Percent, %
Oxide
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COMPOSITION: SiO2: wt% SiO2
COMPOSITION: TiO2: wt% TiO2
COMPOSITION: Al2O3: wt% Al2O3
COMPOSITION: Cr2O3: wt% Cr2O3
COMPOSITION: V2O3: wt% V2O3
COMPOSITION: Fe2O3: wt% Fe2O3
COMPOSITION: FeO: wt% FeO
COMPOSITION: NiO: wt% NiO
COMPOSITION: MnO: wt% MnO
COMPOSITION: MgO: wt% MgO
COMPOSITION: SrO: wt% SrO
COMPOSITION: ZnO: wt% ZnO
COMPOSITION: BaO: wt% BaO
COMPOSITION: CaO: wt% CaO
COMPOSITION: Li2O: wt% Li2O
COMPOSITION: Na2O: wt% Na2O
COMPOSITION: K2O: wt% K2O
COMPOSITION: P2O5: wt% P2O5
COMPOSITION: Cl: wt% Cl
COMPOSITION: F: wt% F
COMPOSITION: S: wt% S
COMPOSITION: SO3: wt% SO3
COMPOSITION: CO2: wt% CO2
COMPOSITION: H2O+: wt% H2O+
COMPOSITION: H2O-: wt% H2O-
COMPOSITION: H2O: wt% H2O
COMPOSITION: LOI: wt% LOI
COMPOSITION: -------- ---------- ---------
COMPOSITION: Total: wt%
COMPOSITION: O=Cl,F,S: wt% #correction for Cl, F, S
COMPOSITION: New Total: wt%

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

No additional compositional details available.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

Spectrum looks spectrally pure.

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4_ # 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: splib06a r 18096 1.5-25µm 200 g.s.= <60µm
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 18141 0.35-2.5µm 250 g.s.= >60µm
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 18167 1.5-25µm g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 18212 0.35-2.5µm g.s.=