Green Slime

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

man-made

Material Type

Precipitate

Sample ID

SM93-14A

Collection Locality

Summitville mine area, edge of pond

Spectral Purity

1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

Composition / XRD

EPMA # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem

Sample Description

Man made precipitate from acid waste water treatment. Sample was collected from the edge of a pond on the tailings pile at the Summitville Mine during the summer of 1993. The sample was of a waste product generated during water de-acidification of mine waste water. The sample was transported and dumped on the tailings pile for containment.

XRD Analysis

Quartz(minor) other phases amorphous and uncertain.

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126