Burma Ortho-enstatite (A), surfaces along the crystallographic a-b plane and along the c-axis | DOCCD | SSHADE

Sample

Name: Burma Ortho-enstatite (A), surfaces along the crystallographic a-b plane and along the c-axis

Owner of sample

Database

DOCCD

Experimentalists

Simon Zeidler

Origin of sample

Date: 2013-01-01
Provider: commercial mineral dealer

Body name: Earth
Place: unknown , unknown , Myanmar (Burma)

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 5.0 $mm$
Diameter: 5.0 $mm$
Mass: 1.0 $g$
Surface roughness: polished
Comments: maximum dimensions of the sample 10x5x5 mm
smaller sample (A)

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 10.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max: 928.0 $K$

Sample environment: Fluid

Type: ambient air
Fluid temperature: 300.0 $K$
Fluid pressure: 1000.0 $mbar$

Documentation and publication

Publications

Zeidler et al., 2015, Astrophys. J., 798, 125

Layers in sample

Number

1

Layers

Burma Ortho-enstatite (A), surfaces along the crystallographic a-b plane and along the c-axis , 5.0 $mm$

Sample processings

Title

Cutting and polishing of the Burma Ortho-enstatite crystal

Produced sample

Sample

Burma Ortho-enstatite (A), surfaces along the crystallographic a-b plane and along the c-axis (this sample)

Processing steps

Step	Chronology	Date	Type	Process	Changes
#1	during layer formation	2013-01-01	mechanical	Cutting of the ortho-enstatite crystal along a-b plane and subsequently along the c-axis
#2	during layer formation	2013-01-01	mechanical	polishing of the two ortho-enstatite sample surfaces with diamond paste of 0.25 µm fineness