Muscovite-low-Al

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

soil

Material Type

Intimate

Sample ID

CU98-8H

Collection Locality

Western 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 was collected from the northern end of the western alteration center at Cuprite, NV. Sample was collected from unaltered lower Cambrian Harkless Phyllite.

XRD Analysis

Quartz (major), muscovite (both 1M and 2M1 polytypes)

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126