Chlorite Serpentine

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

soil

Material Type

Intimate

Sample ID

BR93-22B

Collection Locality

Bessemer Mine, Iron Ridge, Southeast of 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

Green chlorite-serpentine bearing skarn rock at contact between dolomite and quartz monzonite intrusive at the Bessemer Mine (iron [magnetite]). Mixture of Clinochlore (Phyllosilicate-Chlorite group) and Lizardite, Antigorite, and Orthochrysotile (Phyllosilicates-Kaolinite-Serpentine Group).

XRD Analysis

Major: Lizardite Trace: Chlorite (clinochlore), Antigorite, and Orthochrysotile

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126