ANALYTICAL DATA FOR MINERAL AND ROCK SAMPLES (Spectral, compositional, polynomial band fits, XRD files)

1 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 B NOTES ON SPECTRAL FILES .6 SYNTHETIC AND NONCHARACTERIZED PHASES SILICATES 12 2.1 PYROXENES 12 2.2 OLIVINES 39 2.3 PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS 49 2.4 AMPHIBOLES 57 2.5 GARNETS 60 2.6 MELILITES 64 2.7 ZIRCONS 67 2.8 CANCRINITE, NEPHELINE, RHOENITE, SODALITE .69 2.9 SCAPOLITES 71 2.10 ZEOLITES 74 2.11 OTHERS, ODD AND INCOMPLETELY CHARACTERIZED SAMPLES 94 CLAY (LAYER LATTICE) MINERALS 99 PHOSPHATES .119 CARBONATES .122 HYDROXIDES 138 CHLORIDES 145 SULPHATES 146 OXIDES 159 9.1 SPINELS 160 9.2 MAGNETITES .171 9.3 CHROMITES 178 9.4 PEROVSKITES 183 9.5 OTHER OXIDES 186 10 METALS, PHOSPHIDES, SULPHIDES 192 11 BASALTS and BASALTIC GLASSES .200 12 PALAGONITES 209 13 LUNAR ANALOGUE MIXTURES and SYNTHETIC GLASSES 212 14 CHROMATES .221 15 MINERAL MIXTURES 222 16 METEORITES, TEKTITES, IMPACTITES .233 17 ROCKS AND LICHENS: BOREAL AND OTHERS 237 18 ORGANICS 240 18.1 COAL 240 18.2 ATHABASCA OIL SANDS 253 18.2 ATHABASCA OIL SANDS 254 18.3 OTHER ORGANICS (NON-COAL, NON-OIL SAND) .259 18.4 HOSTERMAN (USGS) ORGANIC SAMPLES 264 18.5 SYNTHETIC ORGANICS 281 19 PIGMENTS - ART ANALYSIS 283 A PROJECTS BY SAMPLES 288 A Mars Hubble Space Telescope 0.3-1 micron data for pyroxene mapping .288 A S- and A-ASTEROID SIMULATIONS 290 A Mars 3-4 micron telescopic spectra .292 A The 0.7:m feature in dark asteroid spectra 294 A Spectral Properties of Pigments .296 B REFERENCES 298 C AVAILABLE DIGITAL XRD FILES FROM U OF A and U of M 300 A NOTES ON ANALYTICAL DATA 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 addressed in the future Some other elemental analyses were also acquired at the University of Alberta and these values or samples are indicated with an asterisk (*) These data were acquired using both wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometers Analyses were also acquired at the University of Calgary microprobe facility and reduced using Bence Albee alpha and beta correction factors, and at the University of Manitoba and reduced using ZAF corrections The values represent between and 10 point analyses or area scans of each sample, with the number of points given in square brackets in the sample description section All Fe in plagioclase is reported as Fe3+ SYMBOLS IN ANALYTICAL TABLES: Analysis from other source, listed in sample description n.d.= not determined tr.= trace amount (but detectable) >0,