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

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TITLE: Sphalerite S26-35 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: S26-35

MINERAL_TYPE: Sulfide

MINERAL: Sphalerite

FORMULA: ZnS

FORMULA_HTML: ZnS

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Ellenville (Ulster) Mine, Ellenville, Ulster County, New York

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Jules Friedman

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, VA

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Reston, VA

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Field sample from a study of the Shawangunk Region of New York.

For more information on this sample reference: Friedman, Jules D., Mutschler, Felix E., Zartman, Robert E., Briggs, Paul H., Swayze, Gregg A., Theisen, Arnold F., 1989, Shawangunk Ore District, New York: Geochemical and Spectral Data, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 89-193.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Not Available

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: ICP # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: Ag 4.5 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: As less than 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Au 0.025 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cd 1100 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cr 50 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Cu 450 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Hg 220.0 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Mn 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Ni less than 5 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Pb 30 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Sb 70 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Se less than 25 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Te 0.57 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Tl less than 0.2 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: V 10 ppm
COMPOSITION_TRACE: Zn

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

Mode wt%
Gal
Sph 95.0
Cpy
Py 1.0
Qtz 3.0

Assay wt%
Cu 0.08
Fe 8.20
Pb <0.01
Zn 55.51
S 31.9

Friedman, Jules D., Mutschler, Felix E., Zartman, Robert E., Briggs, Paul H., Swayze, Gregg A., Theisen, Arnold F., 1989, Shawangunk Ore District, New York: Geochemical and Spectral Data, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 89-193.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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 4582 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 6366 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=


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