DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: KL502

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Kaolinite (Kaolinite-Serpentine group)

FORMULA: Al2Si2O5(OH)4

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Cripple Creek, CO

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Dan Taranik

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: CSES/CIRES, Univ. of CO, Boulder

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

Single phase, veinlet.

Kruse, F.A., and P.L. Hauff, eds., 1992, The IGCP-264 Spectral Properties Database. IUGS/UNESCO, Special Publication, 211 p., (in press).

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

mode:
90 vol% kaolinite
5 vol% opaques
5 vol% feldspar or quartz
avg gr sz = 15 µm

Grains have mottled extinction probably from fibrous habit. G. Swayze.

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

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 2563 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.= 15 µm

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

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