M1296 Petalite / Microcline : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

M1296 Petalite / Microcline [CSIRO]

Name	M1296 Petalite / Microcline
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	ARRC Collection
Catalog ID	M1296
Material(s)	Petalite [LiAlSi₄O₁₀] — 76.6% Microcline [KAlSi₃O₈] — 11.1% Orthoclase [KAlSi₃O₈] — 5.8% Quartz [SiO₂] — 2.8% Albite (var. Ca) [(Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄O₈] — 2.6% Muscovite-2M1 [KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂] — 1.0% 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 63710.
Reflectance spectrum	Petalite reflectance spectrum ⬇