DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: SU51399

MINERAL_TYPE: Nesosilicate

MINERAL: Datolite

FORMULA: CaBSiO4(OH)

FORMULA_HTML: CaBSiO₄(OH)

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: None

ORIGINAL_DONOR: None

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

None

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

40 kV - 30 mA, 6.5-9.5 keV
File: dat51399.mdi, *.out (smear mount on quartz plate)
References: JCPDS #36-429
Found: Datolite, unindexed very weak reflections at 3.03 and 1.838 angstroms

Comment: The very weak reflections may be datolite reflections that are too weak to be listed by JCPDS. Reflections are very sharp, suggesting excellent crystallinity.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Mode:
95 vol% Datolite
5 vol% Calcite

Bimodal Grain size distribution:
pop1 sz = 237 µm at 80 vol%
pop2 sz = 15 µm at 20 vol%

avg gr sz = 210 µm

Biaxial (-), no cleavage, conchoidal fracture, consistent with Datolite. Difficult to optically differentiate Datolite from calcite under microscope. Vol% calcite estimated from number of grains that fizzed with HCl. 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 1344 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.= 210 µm

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

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