DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: GDS9

MINERAL_TYPE: Cyclosilicate

MINERAL: Beryl

FORMULA: Be3Al2Si6O18

FORMULA_HTML: Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Maine, USA

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Wards Natural Science Collection

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

None

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Beryl + trace other (Norma Vergo).

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Bimodal grains size distribution:

population 1 140µm 97 vol%
population 2 15µm 3 vol%

av gr sz of populations = 138µm

Conchoidally fractured grains, trace of opaques, length fast, uniaxial (-). Smaller grains slightly adhere to larger grains. G. Swayze.

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1_2_3_4_

LIB_SPECTRA_HED: where Wave Range Av_Rs_Pwr Comment

LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 666 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.= 138 µm

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

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