Chlorite SMR-13.c 45-60um

Spectrum Details

Modality

FTIR

Category

mineral

Material Type

Phyllosilicate

Sample ID

SMR-13.a, SMR-13.b, SMR-13.c, SMR-13.d, SMR-13.e

Collection Locality

Not available

Spectral Purity

1a2a3a4_ # SMR-13.a # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # SMR-13.b # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4_ # SMR-13.c # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4_ # SMR-13.d # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2b3b4_ # SMR-13.e # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

Composition / XRD

EPMA # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem COMPOSITION KEYWORD Oxide ASCII Amount Weight Percent, % Oxide html COMPOSITION: SiO2 31.00 wt% SiO2 COMPOSITION: TiO2 0.08 wt% TiO2 COMPOSITION:Al2O317.30wt% Al2O3 COMPOSITION: Fe2O3 8.34 wt% Fe2O3 COMPOSITION: MnO 0.12 wt% MnO COMPOSITION: MgO 30.20 wt% MgO COMPOSITION: CaO 0.02 wt% CaO COMPOSITION: Na2O 0.23 wt% Na2O COMPOSITION: K2O less than 0.02 wt% K2O COMPOSITION: P2O5 less than 0.05 wt% P2O5 COMPOSITION: LOI 12.30 wt% LOI COMPOSITION: Total 99.66 wt% COMPOSITION: O=Cl,F,S wt% #correction for Cl, F, S COMPOSITION: New Total wt%

Sample Description

Sample was ground in an alumina mortar and pestle and wet sieved with methanol into less than 30µm (e), 30-45µm (d), 45-60µm (c), 60-104µm (b), and 104-150µm (a) size fractions. (Letter denotes spectrum designation) King, T.V.V. and R.N. Clark, 1989, Spectral Characteristics of Chlorites and Mg-Serpentines Using high-Resolution Reflectance Spectroscopy. Jour. Geophys. Res., 13.997-14,008. IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: NO PHOTO

XRD Analysis

Sample was analyzed and found to be a Mg-rich chlorite. (King and Clark, 1989)

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

1,801