Microcline

Spectrum Details

Modality

FTIR

Category

mineral

Material Type

Tectosilicate

Sample ID

HS103.1B, HS103.2B, HS103.3B, HS103.4B, HS103.6

Collection Locality

Crystal Peak, Colorado

Spectral Purity

1c2_3_4_ # HS103.1B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS103.2B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2c3c4_ # HS103.3B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS103.4B # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1c2_3_4_ # HS103.6 # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

Composition / XRD

None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

Sample Description

Dimorphous with Orthoclase. "This spectrum (103B) displays as its major feature a broad band near 1.3µ similar to the ferrous ion band in the two anorthite's above. This sample is quite pure in hand specimen, but Deer and others (1963) note that alkali feldspars are a series varying from pure KAlSi3O8 (microcline) to pure NaAlSi3O8 (albite) but they normally also contain a small amount of CaAl2-Si2O8 (anorthite). It appears that the anorthite fraction of this microcline contains substituted ferrous iron as in the anorthite's above, which also accounts for the bands in the visible at 0.38 and 0.42µ. Weak bands at 1.9 and 2.5µ are due to included water, while the 2.2µ band is due to the combination involving the AlOH bend." Hunt, G.R., J.W. Salisbury, and C.J. Lenhoff, 1973, Visible and near-infrared spectra of minerals and rocks: VI. Additional silicates. Modern Geology, v. 4, p. 85-106. Grain size fractions are indicated by the extension after the sample number: .1B = IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE:

XRD Analysis

Max. microcline + albite(L) + quartz(m)

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

1,801