M0834 Albite / Augite / Sanidine : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

M0834 Albite / Augite / Sanidine [CSIRO]

Name	M0834 Albite / Augite / Sanidine
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	Spectral Reference Library
Catalog ID	M0834
CMR-Specify ID	2024-MS-0000000043
Material(s)	Albite (var. Ca) [(Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄O₈] — 35.9% Augite [(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)₂O₆] — 26.4% Sanidine [(K,Na)(Si,Al)₄O₈] — 13.9% Forsterite (var. Fe) [(Mg,Fe^II)₂SiO₄] — 11.7% Montmorillonite [(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O] — 5.2% Ilmenite [Fe^IITi^IVO₃] — 3.8% Ankerite [Ca(Fe^II,Mg)(CO₃)₂] — 3.1% Phase abundance was determined by quantitative XRD analysis, in: Owen, N., Gomez-Camacho, R. and Fan R. (2023), Diffraction, Mineralogy and Geochemistry XRD Characterisation Report, Jobs # 6243 and # 6245 [CSIRO internal reports]. ID 65672.