M2843 Quartz / Eucryptite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

M2843 Quartz / Eucryptite [CSIRO]

Name	M2843 Quartz / Eucryptite
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	ARRC Collection
Catalog ID	M2843
Material(s)	Quartz [SiO₂] — 44.0% Eucryptite [LiAlSiO₄] — 39.0% Cookeite [(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈] — 9.0% Kaolinite (var. poorly crystalline) [Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄] — 4.0% Prehnite [Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂] — 3.0% Clinochlore (var. Fe) [(Mg,Fe^II)₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈] — 1.0% Ankerite [Ca(Fe^II,Mg)(CO₃)₂] — 0.0% Calcite [CaCO₃] — 0.0% Muscovite-1M [KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂] — 0.0% 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 65899.
Reflectance spectrum	Quartz reflectance spectrum ⬇