Matter
- Name
- Pigment Bordezac facies D (Pig_0160_D_601), powder (grains inf. 160µm)
- Family
- mineral
- Database
- Experimentalists
- Parent matter
- Pigment Bordezac facies D (PIG_0160_D), hematite-rich vein
- Level
- from laboratory repository
- Origins
- natural terrestrial
- Provider
- Pigmenthothèque - EDYTEM
- Provider reference code
- Bordezac < 160 µm – Pig_0160_D_601 (2016-027)
- Local reference code
- Pig_0160_D601_Bordezac-inf160
- Body name
- Earth
- Terrain type
- mineral surface
- Place
- Road D51, SE Bordezac (Gard) , Occitanie , France
Coordinates
- System
- WGS84
- Position type
- point
- Geolocation
-
Point Latitude Longitude Altitude #1 44.3104° 4.0761° - Comments
- outcrop near the road
- Preparation
- sieved fraction
- Method
- crushed and sieved with a mesh of 160 µm
- Storage condition
- room temperature and conditions
- Phase type
- solid
- Component type (group)
- superficial deposit (chemical deposit)
- Comments
- Hydrothermal mineralization in an arkosic sandstone bank - Era: Mesozoic, Trias, Trias series, inferior (?) and middle trias level
- Shape
- very fine dark red-bordeaux powder
- Texture
- pulverulent
- Type of porosity
- particulate
- Density
- 0.98 $\pm$ 0.08 $g.cm^{-3}$
- Texture
- compact
- Grain density
- 0.98 $\pm$ 0.08 $g.cm^{-3}$
- Grain sizes
-
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape #1 0.0 ${\mu}m$ 160.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 equant - Size distribution
- possibly large fraction below 50-100 µm
- Size method
- sieving with mesh of 160 µm
- Comments
- density varies with the degree of settlement
- Oxides
-
Formula $SiO_{2}$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $Fe_{2}O_{3}$ $MnO$ $MgO$ $CaO$ $Na_{2}O$ $K_{2}O$ $TiO_{2}$ $P_{2}O_{5}$ Mass fraction (%) 13.56 6.73 74.79 0.083 0.34 0.07 0.015 1.96 0.18 0.14 - Oxides comments
- contain K (1.96% in oxide) and small impurity of P, Ti, Na, Ca, Mg, Mn (0.83% in oxides), fire loss: 2.3%
- Number
- 5
- Mode of mixing
- homogeneous mixing
- Materials