Mineral: |
Chlorite |
Reference: |
SMB09 |
Supplier: |
Clay Minerals Society Source Clays Repository |
Trade Name: |
CCa-2 (Ripidolite (chlorite), Flagstaff Hill, El Dorado County, California, USA) |
Preparation: |
submerged in liquid nitrogen; mechanical grinding; powder washed in 1 M NaNO3 for 24 h; washed twice with doubly-deionized H2O for 12h; powder freeze-dried and ground prior to storage |
Purity: |
>99 % chlorite; quartz <1 % |
Sample characterized via: |
☑ Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX)
☑ Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
☑ Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
☑ X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
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