DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: NMNHR4687

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Lizardite (Kaolinite-Serpentine group)

FORMULA: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

FORMULA_HTML: Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Tyrol, Austria

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Smithsonian

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Forms series with Neupouite. Polymorphous with Antigorite, Clinochrysotile, Orthochrysotile, and Parachrysotile.

The sample was ground in an alumina mortar and pestle and wet sieved using methanol into <30µm (d), 60-104µm (c), 150-250µm (b) and >250µm (a) size fractions. The letter denotes spectrum designation.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS: This is a pure lizardite. Sample analysis by Norma Vergo.

Clark, R.N., T.V.V. King, M. Klejwa, G. Swayze, and N. Vergo, 1990, High spectral resolution reflectance spectroscopy of minerals: J. Geophys Res. 12653-12680.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: XRF # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION:	SiO2	40.97	wt%	SiO2
COMPOSITION:	Fe2O3	5.55	wt%	Fe2O3
COMPOSITION:	MgO	40.43	wt%	MgO
COMPOSITION:	H2O	13.80	wt%	H2O
COMPOSITION:	Total	100.75	wt%
COMPOSITION:	O=Cl,F,S		wt%	#correction for Cl, F, S
COMPOSITION:	New Total		wt%

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

This is an isochemical end member Mg-rich serpentine. Compositional data provided by Branch of Geochemistry, USGS, Denver.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

Microscopically this is a pure lizardite.

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 2799 0.2-2.7µm 200 g.s.=280µm
LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 2809 0.2-2.7µm 200 g.s.=165µm
LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 2820 0.2-2.7µm 200 g.s.=70µm
LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 2831 0.2-2.7µm 200 g.s.=15µm

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

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