Matter
- Name
- Olivine Hawaii Forsterite Fo88 sand grain size 250_500 microns (C4)
- Family
- mineral
- Database
- Experimentalists
- Parent matter
- Olivine Hawaii Forsterite Fo88 sand grain
- Level
- from laboratory repository
- Origins
- natural terrestrial
- Provider
- Patrick Pinet, Serge Chevrel, IRAP, OMP, 14 avenue E Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
- Body name
- Earth
- Terrain type
- mineral surface
- Place
- Green Sand Beach,Big Island , Hawaii , United States
Coordinates
- System
- WGS84
- Position type
- point
- Geolocation
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Point Latitude Longitude Altitude #1 18.936° -155.646° 0.0 m
- Preparation
- sieved fraction
- Method
- mechanical grinding and grain size sorting
- Phase type
- solid
- Component type (group)
- mineral (silicate mineral)
- Shape
- irregular
- Texture
- loose granular
- Type of porosity
- particulate
- Texture
- compact
- Grain sizes
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Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape #1 250.0 ${\mu}m$ 500.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 irregular
- Title
- mechanical grinding then sieving between 250 and 500 µm meshes
- Matters
- Matter
- Olivine Hawaii Forsterite Fo88 sand grain size 250_500 microns (C4) (this matter)
- Processing steps
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Step Date Type Process Changes #1 2006-04-01 mechanical mechanical grinding of bulk basalt #2 2006-04-01 mechanical sieving by 2 stainless steel sieves with 250 and 500 microns meshs