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TITLE: Tincalconite GDS142 DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: GDS142
MINERAL_TYPE: Borate
MINERAL: Tincalconite
FORMULA: Na2B4O7*5H2O
FORMULA_HTML: Na2B4O7•5H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Processed, 20-mule-team Borax
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Jim Crowley
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Hydrous borate "Twenty Mule Team" commercial borax
Spectrum originally published in: Crowley, J.K., 1991, Visible and Near-Infrared (0.4 - 2.5µm) Reflectance Spectra of Playa Evaporite Minerals: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 96, no.B10, p. 16,231-16,240.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
None done on this sample after dehydration.
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
"Twenty Mule Team" commercial borax. Sample appears to be dehydrated borax which is Tincalconite.
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
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: | splib04a r 4803 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 6636 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 22026 | g.s.= | ||
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib06a r 22038 | g.s.= |