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

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TITLE: Mesolite+Hydroxyapop GDS6 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: GDS6

MIXTURE_TYPE: Intimate

MIXTURE: Mesolite + Hydroxyapophyllite (Zeolite group)

FORMULA: Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30*8H2O + KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)*8H2O

FORMULA_HTML: Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30•8H2O + KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)•8H2O

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Hampton, Nova Scotia

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Wards Scientific

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Mesolite - major
Hydroxyapophyllite - major
Unidentifiable residuals

Konnert Judith, and Marta Flohr, 1992, unpublished data, USGS Reston, VA.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2b3c4_ # 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 2969 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 8618 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 25914 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 25925 g.s.=