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TITLE: Kainite NMNH83904 DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: NMNH83904
MINERAL_TYPE: Halide (Hydrous Sulfate)
MINERAL: Kainite
FORMULA: MgSO4*KCl*3H2O
FORMULA_HTML: MgSO4•KCl•3H2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Stassfurt, Germany
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Smithsonian
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, Virginia
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
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.
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Pure Kainite (Crowley, 1991)
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
None
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_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 |
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LIB_SPECTRA: | splib04a r 2518 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 3844 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
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