DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MINERAL

SAMPLE_ID: SU1421

MINERAL_TYPE: Phyllosilicate

MINERAL: Pyrophyllite

FORMULA: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: unknown

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Ron Lyons, Stanford University

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

40 kV - 30 mA, 6.5-9.5 keV
File: pyrp1421.mdi (smear on quartz plate)
References: Huebner's reference patterns; PDF #12-203, 16-0344, 12-0203
Sought: Talc, Montmorillonite, Kaolinite, Chlorite, Paragonite, Phlogopite
Found: Pyrophyllite, mica, minor quartz.

Comment: Pattern dominated by very strong basal pyrophyllite peaks having excellent alpha1-alpha2 resolution at high 2 theta resolution. Non-basal pyrophyllite reflections are weak. The pyrophyllite 2M1 (PDF2 #12-0203) is a much better match than triclinic pyrophyllite (25-0022). Unit cell refinement using nine lattice spacings, using the positions of the quartz peaks as an internal standard, yields a=5.161(4), b=8.934(14), c=18.650(6) angstroms and beta=99.68(5) degrees. Unindexed peaks at 7.63 (moderate), 7.16, 3.80, 3.58, and 3.24 angstroms (all weak) indicate the presence of a fourth phase.

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

COMPOSITION_TRACE:

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

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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 4081 0.2-3.0µm 200

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

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