MES152 Saponite [CSIRO]

Specimen details

Name MES152 Saponite
Owner CSIRO
Collection ARRC Collection
Catalog ID MES152
Material(s)
  • Saponite [(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O] — 93.1%
  • Vermiculite [Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O] — 6.4%
  • Dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2] — 0.4%
  • Quartz [SiO2] — 0.1%

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 65650.

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