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TITLE: Montmorillonite CM20 DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: CM20
MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate
MINERAL: Montmorillonite (Montmorillonite group)
FORMULA: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2*nH2O
FORMULA_HTML: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2•nH2O
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Husband Mine, Polkville, Mississippi
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Clay Mineral Standard, Wards Natural Science Inc
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
A spectrum for this sample was published by:
Clark, R.N., T.V.V. King, M. Klejwa, G. Swayze, and N. Vergo, 1990, High spectral resolution reflectance spectroscopy of minerals: J. Geophys Res. 12653-12680.
who noted that it was spectrally pure.
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
Analysis by Norma Vergo indicates the sample is smectite + trace quartz, the less than 2µm cut was pure smectite.
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: XRF # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
COMPOSITION KEYWORD |
Oxide ASCII |
Amount | Weight Percent, % |
Oxide html |
---|---|---|---|---|
COMPOSITION: | SiO2 | 52.0 | wt% | SiO2 |
COMPOSITION: | TiO2 | 0.17 | wt% | TiO2 |
COMPOSITION: | Al2O3 | 18.3 | wt% | Al2O3 |
COMPOSITION: | Fe2O3 | 5.18 | wt% | Fe2O3 |
COMPOSITION: | FeO | 0.02 | wt% | FeO |
COMPOSITION: | MnO | 0.06 | wt% | MnO |
COMPOSITION: | MgO | 3.32 | wt% | MgO |
COMPOSITION: | CaO | 2.19 | wt% | CaO |
COMPOSITION: | Na2O | less than 0.15 | wt% | Na2O |
COMPOSITION: | K2O | 0.02 | wt% | K2O |
COMPOSITION: | P2O5 | less than 0.05 | wt% | P2O5 |
COMPOSITION: | H2O+ | 7.56 | wt% | H2O+ |
COMPOSITION: | H2O- | 12.6 | wt% | H2O- |
COMPOSITION: | H2O | 20.2 | wt% | H2O |
COMPOSITION: | LOI | 18.9 | wt% | LOI |
COMPOSITION: | Total | 100.34 | wt% | |
COMPOSITION: | O=Cl,F,S | wt% | #correction for Cl, F, S | |
COMPOSITION: | New Total | wt% |
COMPOSITION_TRACE:
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
XRF Analysis by Branch of Analytical Chemistry, USGS, Denver. Total above includes LOI value rather than H2O values, and does not include value for FeO as it was determined at same time as H2O. Trace analysis was performed and will be added later.
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
Indicates no visible quartz, ~1% limonite individual grains.
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2_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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib04a r 3177 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 4511 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
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