DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: PYS1A GDS29

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Pyrophyllite

FORMULA: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Staley, NC

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Bruce Hemingway

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Hand samples are clusters of white radiating acicular crystals which appear pure.

Salisbury, J. W., Walter, L. W., and Vergo, N., 1987, Mid-Infrared (2.1-25µm) Spectra of Minerals: First Edition, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 87-263.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

Pure pyrophyllite.

Salisbury, J. W., Walter, L. W., and Vergo, N., 1987, Mid-Infrared (2.1-25µm) Spectra of Minerals: First Edition, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 87-263.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

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

COMPOSITION:	SiO2	66.32	wt%	SiO2
COMPOSITION:	TiO2	0.01	wt%	TiO2
COMPOSITION:	Al2O3	28.27	wt%	Al2O3
COMPOSITION:	Fe2O3	0.32	wt%	Fe2O3
COMPOSITION:	FeO	0.03	wt%	FeO
COMPOSITION:	MgO	0.07	wt%	MgO
COMPOSITION:	Na2O	0.05	wt%	Na2O
COMPOSITION:	K2O	0.02	wt%	K2O
COMPOSITION:	H2O+	4.94	wt%	H2O+
COMPOSITION:	Total	100.03	wt%

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

See additional discussion in:

Salisbury, J. W., Walter, L. W., and Vergo, N., 1987, Mid-Infrared (2.1-25µm) Spectra of Minerals: First Edition, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 87-263.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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 4060 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.= 25µm LIB_SPECTRA: splib04a r 4071 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=125µm

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

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