MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz [CSIRO]

Name	MT8388a Palygorskite / Montmorillonite / Quartz
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	ARRC Collection
Catalog ID	MT8388a
CMR-Specify ID	2024-MS-0000000618
Material(s)	Palygorskite [(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O] — 66.3% Montmorillonite [(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O] — 16.4% Quartz [SiO₂] — 14.1% Goethite [FeO(OH)] — 1.6% Microcline [KAlSi₃O₈] — 0.9% Fluor-elbaite [Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F] — 0.3% Hematite [Fe₂O₃] — 0.3% 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 65638.