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TITLE: Montmorillonite SWy-1 DESCRIPT
DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL
SAMPLE_ID: SWy-1
MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate
MINERAL: Montmorillonite (Smectite) (Montmorillonite group)
FORMULA: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2*nH20
FORMULA_HTML: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2•nH20
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Crook, Wyoming
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Clay Mineral Society
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 + quartz + feldspar; the less than 2µm cut is smectite + quartz.
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: EM # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
| COMPOSITION KEYWORD |
Oxide ASCII |
Amount | Weight Percent, % |
Oxide html |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPOSITION: | SiO2 | 62.9 | wt% | SiO2 |
| COMPOSITION: | TiO2 | 0.16 | wt% | TiO2 |
| COMPOSITION: | Al2O3 | 19.3 | wt% | Al2O3 |
| COMPOSITION: | Fe2O3 | 3.85 | wt% | Fe2O3 |
| COMPOSITION: | FeO | 0.12 | wt% | FeO |
| COMPOSITION: | MnO | 0.01 | wt% | MnO |
| COMPOSITION: | MgO | 2.80 | wt% | MgO |
| COMPOSITION: | CaO | 1.80 | wt% | CaO |
| COMPOSITION: | Na2O | 1.54 | wt% | Na2O |
| COMPOSITION: | K2O | 0.56 | wt% | K2O |
| COMPOSITION: | P2O5 | 0.06 | wt% | P2O5 |
| COMPOSITION: | F | 0.111 | wt% | F |
| COMPOSITION: | CO2 | 1.33 | wt% | CO2 |
| COMPOSITION: | LOI | 5.10 | wt% | LOI |
| COMPOSITION: | Total | 99.54 | wt% | |
| COMPOSITION: | O=Cl,F,S | wt% | #correction for Cl, F, S | |
| COMPOSITION: | New Total | wt% |
COMPOSITION_TRACE:
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
Analysis by C. V. Clemency, Dept. of Geological Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo NY for the Clay Minerals Society. Fluorine analysis by J. Thomas Jr., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, Ill, and is not included in the total.
Published in: van Olphen, H. and J.J. Fripiat, eds., 1979, Data handbook for clay materials and other non-metallic minerals, Pergamon Press, New York, p128.
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
Trace amounts of magnetite or biotite, no HCl fizz, no visible quartz or feldspar.
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 3122 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
| LIB_SPECTRA: | splib05a r 4606 | 0.2-3.0µm | 200 | g.s.= |
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