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

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TITLE: Spodumene HS210 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: HS210

MINERAL_TYPE: Inosilicate

MINERAL: Spodumene (Pyroxene group)

FORMULA: LiAlSi2O6

FORMULA_HTML: LiAlSi2O6

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Afghanistan

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

"I-7 Spodumene 210B-Afganistan. LiAlSi2O6: Spodumene is a characteristic mineral of lithium-rich granite pegmatites. It usually does not have a wide range of composition, but this sample contains enough ferrous iron to provide the broad weak band near 1.0µ and the fall off to the blue in the visible. In addition, water bands at 1.4µ and 1.9µ are evident, and the quite sharp feature near 2.2µ is a combination band of the OH stretching mode. These bands are due to a surprising small amount of clay mineral deposited in microfractures in the spodumene."

Sieve interval 74 - 250µm.

Hunt, G.R., J.W. Salisbury, and C.J. Lenhoff, 1973, Visible and near-infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: VI. Additional silicates. Modern Geology, v. 4, p. 85-106.

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

Spodumene + quartz + trace muscovite (Norma Vergo).

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_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 4604 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 6390 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=


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