Mineral_database.doc-MountHolyokeCollege.doc

ANALYTICAL DATA FOR MINERAL AND ROCK SAMPLES (Spectral, compositional, polynomial band fits, XRD files) Edward A. Cloutis Last updated: October 11, 2001 File: c:\specs\Mineral_database.wpd TABLE OF CONTENTS A. NOTES ON ANALYTICAL DATA 4 B. NOTES ON SPECTRAL FILES 6 1. SYNTHETIC AND NONCHARACTERIZED PHASES 7 2. SILICATES 12 2.1 PYROXENES 12 2.2 OLIVINES 39 2.3 PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS 49 2.4 AMPHIBOLES 57 2.5 GARNETS 59 2.6 MELILITES 63 2.7 ZIRCONS 66 2.8 CANCRINITE, NEPHELINE, RHOENITE, SODALITE 68 2.9 SCAPOLITES 70 2.10 ZEOLITES 72 2.11 OTHERS, ODD AND INCOMPLETELY CHARACTERIZED SAMPLES 91 3. CLAY (LAYER LATTICE) MINERALS 96 4. PHOSPHATES 112 5. CARBONATES 115 6. HYDROXIDES 130 7. CHLORIDES 136 8. SULPHATES 137 9. OXIDES 149 9.1 SPINELS 150 9.2 MAGNETITES 161 9.3 CHROMITES 168 9.4 PEROVSKITES 173 9.5 OTHER OXIDES 176 10. METALS, PHOSPHIDES, SULPHIDES 180 11. BASALTS and BASALTIC GLASSES 188 12. PALAGONITES 197 13. LUNAR ANALOGUE MIXTURES and SYNTHETIC GLASSES 200 14. CHROMATES 207 15. MINERAL MIXTURES 208 16. METEORITES, TEKTITES, IMPACTITES 218 17. ROCKS AND LICHENS: BOREAL AND OTHERS 222 18. ORGANICS 225 18.1 COAL 225 18.2 ATHABASCA OIL SANDS 235 18.2 ATHABASCA OIL SANDS 236 18.3 OTHER ORGANICS (NON-COAL, NON-OIL SAND) 239 18.4 HOSTERMAN (USGS) ORGANIC SAMPLES 244 18.5 SYNTHETIC ORGANICS 260 19. PIGMENTS - ART ANALYSIS 262 A. PROJECTS BY SAMPLES 267 A 1. Mars Hubble Space Telescope 0.3-1 micron data for pyroxene mapping 267 A 2. S- and A-ASTEROID SIMULATIONS 269 A 3. Mars 3-4 micron telescopic spectra 271 A 4. The 0.7:m feature in dark asteroid spectra 273 A 5. Spectral Properties of Pigments 275 B. REFERENCES 277 C. AVAILABLE DIGITAL XRD FILES FROM U OF A and U of M 279 A. NOTES ON ANALYTICAL DATA 1. Elemental abundances were determined using electron microprobe, unless otherwise indicated. Sulphides were analysed at the University of Alberta and there were some minor problems associated with data collection and reduction in some cases which will be addr