Clark et. al. 2003 USGS Open File Report 03-395
Spectral Library splib05a Sample Description

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TITLE: Muscovite IL107 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: IL107

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Muscovite (Mica group)

FORMULA: KAl2Si3O10(OH)2

FORMULA_HTML: KAl₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Pegmatite, North Carolina

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Don Harville, Core Laboratories, Dallas, Texas

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Pure (?). (2M2-mica)

Kruse, F.A., and P.L. Hauff, eds., 1992, The IGCP-264 Spectral Properties Database. IUGS/UNESCO, Special Publication, 211 p., (in press).

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

avg. grain size = 13 µm

Single platy cleavage, 1st order gray, length slow, nearly straight extinction. All consistent with muscovite. G. Swayze.

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
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib04a r 3385	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.= 13 µm
LIB_SPECTRA:	splib05a r 4828	0.2-3.0µm	200	g.s.=

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