Kaol wxl+others

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

soil

Material Type

Intimate

Sample ID

CU00-19A

Collection Locality

Eastern Alteration Center, Cuprite, Nevada, USA

Spectral Purity

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

Composition / XRD

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

Sample Description

This sample contains well-crystallized kaolinite that when mixed with trace amounts of smectite and illite spectrally mimics poorly crystalline kaolinite. The sample was collected from an altered Tertiary tuff involved in a hydrothermal event about 7.6 Ma.

XRD Analysis

Clay separate contains wxl kaolinite, smectite (trace), and illite (trace).

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126