Actinolite Dolomit

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

soil

Material Type

Intimate

Sample ID

BR93-60B

Collection Locality

Galway Lake (western edge), Barstow, CA, USA

Spectral Purity

1b2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

Composition / XRD

None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem

Sample Description

Actinolite on a Limestone skarn outcrop with iron and manganese oxides (desert varnish), adjacent to a zone of iron mineralization, epidote, and chlorite.

XRD Analysis

Major: Calcite Minor: Antigorite, Clinochlore, Lizardite, and Orthochrysotile Trace: Dolomite Note: XRD characterized rock surface that did not contain the spectrally measured actinolite coating

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126