DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: HS293

MINERAL_TYPE: Sorosilicate

MINERAL: Allanite (Orthite)(Epidote Group)

FORMULA: (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe+3)3(SiO4)3(OH)

FORMULA_HTML: (Ce,Ca,Y)₂(Al,Fe³⁺)₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Ontario

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Hunt and Salisbury Collection

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

"Allanite is an accesory mineral in many granites, grandiorites, monzonites, and syenites, and occurs in large amounts in some limestone skarns and pegmatites. It is typically a very dark mineral, and this sample is no exception. The high ferric iron and rare earth metal content reduces the reflectivity throughout the visible and very near infrared. The high metal ion content also quenches the hydroxyl bands."

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, vol. 4, pp 85-106.

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

40 kV - 30 mA, 7.0-9.5 keV
File: allan293.mdi, *.out; allan2.out, *.mdi (smear mounts on quartz plate)
References: JCPDS #25-169
Found: metamict allanite

Comment: Few very weak, broad peaks correspond to those of allanite. Small amount of residual allanite; most of the sample has been damaged beyond X-ray diffraction recognition by autoradiation. J.S. Huebner, J. Pickrell, T. Schaefer, written communication 1994

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Mineral mode:

92 vol% Allanite, dark brown translucent, conchoidally fractured surfaces, lacks any good cleavage
5 vol% Fe-stained, conchoidally fractured, possibly quartz or sphene??
3 vol% White plagioclase, with 90 degree cleavage angle

population 1 Allanite: av gr sz = 300µm
population 2 qtz-plag: av gr sz = 290µm

av gr sz of populations = 299µm

Dark brown grains are pleochroic, biaxial (-), lack good cleavage, have anomalous blue interference colors, and have high relief. All these are characteristic of allanite. G. Swayze

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1_2_3_4_

LIB_SPECTRA_HED: where Wave Range Av_Rs_Pwr Comment

LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 128 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.= 299 µm

LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r ____ 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=

LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r ____ 1.5-25µm 250 g.s.=