Alunite

Alunite — NIR2,126 points · 400012500 cm⁻¹
400060008000100001200000.05000.100Wavenumber (cm⁻¹)Absorbance

Spectrum Details

Modality
NIR
Category
mineral
Material Type
Sulfate
Sample ID
AL706
Collection Locality
Sulfur, Nevada
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
Composition determined to be natroalunite (Na=100) endmember based on position of the 1.496 micron OH overtone absorption using Swayze and other (2014) wavelength correlation method. See: Swayze, G.A., Clark, R.N., Goetz, A.F.H., Livo, K.E., Breit, G.N., Kruse, F.A., Sutly, S.J., Snee, L.W., Lowers, H.A., Post, J.L., Stoffregen, R.E., and Ashley, R.P., 2014, Mapping advanced argillic alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, using imaging spectroscopy: Economic Geology, v. 109, p. 1179-1221. IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: NO PHOTO
XRD Analysis
Alunite Contaminant phases: smectite, quartz, minor amounts. Kruse, F.A., and P.L. Hauff, eds., 1992, The IGCP-264 Spectral Properties Database. IUSG/UNESCO, Special Publication, 211p., (in press).
X Units
cm⁻¹
Y Units
Absorbance
Data Points
2,126

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Attribution

USGS Spectral Library Version 7, U.S. Geological Survey

License: Public Domain

DOI: 10.3133/ds1035

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