Abbreviation Conventions for Spectral Library Entries Full Abbreviations Acetate buffer treatment Ac-B AcB Acid treated acid trtd Areal mixture AMX Artifact removal try adj adj1 adj2 etc Black blck Blue insulation bluInsul Blue woven blu_wovn Blue-green blugrn Brown brn Calibrated calib Chlorophyll chl Clear clr Clear bluish clrbluis Coarse Grained coar Coated coatd Constant const Corrigated corgted Dry and brown dry&brn Efflorescent efflorescnt Fibrous fib Fine grained fr fn Flakes fls Fluvial fluv Glossy white translucent gloswhtr Grain gr. Grain Size gs Gram per liter g/l Green grn Heavy hv Heavy liquid separation HLsp High Al hAl Hydrochloric acid treatment HCL Large Grained lggr Medium med Micron um Milliter ml Mineral min Mineral polytype classification 1Md Mineral polytype classification 2m2 Monzonite monz Needles ndls Phyllite phyl Playa ply Poorly crystallized pxl Quartzite qtzite Rhyolite rhy Scaled to beckman reflectance scaled Bk Sheet sht Shifted shft shf shftd Small Aperature sm. ap. Smectite smect smectit Stonewall Stonewall Synthetic syn Tailings tail Thin film THNFLM Translucent brown translbrn Tunnel Tnl Tunnel Sludge wet TnlSldgWet Unshifted unshf Vegetation veg Vein vn Weathered weath Well crystallized wxl for percent mixtures use decimal amount (i.e. 35% should be .35) Example An intimate mixture of 1% goethite, 1% jarosite, and quartz (GDS256) would be written as: gth.01+jar.01+qtz GDS256 IMX Mineral Names abbreviation acmite acm actinolite act adularia adu albite alb allanite all almandine alm alunite aln alun ammonio-alunite aal ammonium chloride ach ammonio-jarosite ajr ammonio-smectite asm ammonio-illite/smectite ais amphibole amp, amph, amphibol analcime anl andalusite and andesine ads andradite adr annite ann anorthite anr anthophyllite ant antigorite atg arsenopyrite apy attapulgite attapulg augite aug axinite axn azurite azr barite bar bassinite bsn beryl ber biotite bio biot bloedite bld bronzite brz brookite brk brucite brc buddingtonite bud buddingtnt butlerite btl bytownite byt calcite cal calc calcit carbon black cbl carnallite car cassiterite cas celestite cel celsian cls chabazite chb chalcedony cha chalcopyrite cpy chert che chlorapatite cla chlorite chl chlor chlorit chromite chr chrysocolla crs chrysotile chr cinnabar cin clinochlore cli clinochlore-Fe clf clinoptilolite-zeolite clp clinozoisite clz clintonite clt cobaltite cob colemanite col cookeite cok copiapite cop coquimbite coq cordierite crd corrensite crr corundum cor covellite cov cronstedtite crn cummingtonite cum cuprite cup datolite dat desert varnish dvr diaspore dia dickite dic diopside dio dipyre dip dolomite dol dolo dumortierite dum elbaite elb endellite end enstatite ens epidote epd epid epidot epsomite eps eugsterite eug europium oxide eur fassaite fas ferrihydrite fhy feldspar fspar fluorapitite flr galena gal gaylussite gls gibbsite gib glauconite glc glaucophane glp goethite gth goeth grossular grs gypsum gyp halite hlt halloysite hal hectorite hec hedenbergite hed hematite hem hemat heulandite heu holmquistite hlm hornblende hrb howlite how hydrogrossular hyg hydromagnesite hms hydroma hydroxyl-apatite hya hydroxyapop hypersthene hyp idocrase idocras illite ill ilmenite ilm jadeite jad jarosite jar jr kainite kan kaolinite kao kaol kaolinite/smectite ksm kerogen ker labradorite lab laumontite lau lazurite laz lepidocrosite lpc lepidolite lpd limonite lim lizardite liz maghemite mgh magnetite mag malachite mal manganite mng margarite mrg marialite mrl mascagnite mcg meionite mei mesolite+hydroxyapophyll msh microcline mcr mirabilite mir mizzonite miz monazite mnz monticellite mtc montmorillonite mon mont montmor mordenite mrd muscovite msc musc muscov natrolite nat natrolite+zeolites ntz neodymium oxide neo nepheline nph nephrite amphibole npa niter nit nontronite ntr oligoclase plag olg olivine olv opal opl orthoclase ort palygorskite attapulgite ply paragonite prg pectolite pec perthite prt phlogopite phl pigeonite pgn pinnoite pin pitch limonite plm plagioclase plag, plagio polyhalite plh praseodymium oxide prs prochlorite prc psilomelane psi pyrite pyt pyrope pyp pyrophyllite pyr pyrop pyroph pyrophyl pyroxene pyx pyrrhotite prh quartz sand qts quartz qtz quartz aventurine qta rectorite rec rhodochrosite rhd rhodonite rdn richterite ric riebeckite rbk rivadavite riv roscoelite ros rutile rut samarium oxide sam sanidine snd saponite sap sauconite sau scolectite zeolite scl scapolite scap, scapolte sepiolite sep serpentine srp siderite sid siderophyllite sdr sillimanite sil smaragdite amphibole smr smectite smc smect smectit sodium bicarbonate sod spessartine garnet sps sphalerite sph sphene, titanite spn spodumene spd staurolite sta stilbite stl strontianite str sulfur sul syngenite syn talc tal teepleite+trona tpl tephroite tph thenardite thn thuringite chlorite thr tincalconite tin topaz tpz tourmaline tou tremolite trm trona trn tron ulexite ulx uralite url uvarovite garnet uvr vermicullite vrm vesuvianite ves witherite wth wollastonite wol zeolite zeo zincite+franklinite znc zircon zir zoisite zoi PLANTS aspen leaf A asA aspen leaf B asB blackbrush blb blue spruce bsp cheatgrass chg dry long grass dlg fir tree ftr juniper bush jun lawn grass lng maple leaves mpl pinon pine pnp rabbitbrush rbt russian olive rso sage brush sgb saltbrush slb tumbleweed tmb walnut leaf wnl