Matter
Name
Basaltic Hawaii sand grain size 250_500 microns (C4)
Family
Family
mineral
Database
Experimentalists
Parent matter
Basaltic Hawaii sand
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
Picnic Area and Campground, Kamoamoa Beach , Big island, Hawaii , United States

Coordinates

System
WGS84
Position type
point
Geolocation
Point Latitude Longitude Altitude
#1 19.318° -155.045° 0.0 m
Preparation
sieved fraction
Method
mechanical grinding and grain size sorting
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
igneous rock (volcanic rock (fine-grained crystalline rock))
Comments
tholeiitic basaltic sand from a lava flow (1986) eroded by marine effect with very few olivine and pyroxenes crystals as seen with naked eyes
Shape
irregular
Texture
compact coarse grained
Type of porosity
particulate
Texture
compact microporous
Grain sizes
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
Comments
shard-shaped aspect with smooth facets
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Basaltic Hawaii sand grain size 250-500 microns (C4) 1.0
Title
mechanical grinding of basaltic Hawaii sand then sieving between 250 and 500 µm meshes

Precursors

Matters

Produced matter

Matter
Basaltic Hawaii sand grain size 250_500 microns (C4) (this matter)
Processing steps
Step Date Type Process Changes
#1 mechanical mechanical grinding of bulk basalt
#2 mechanical sieving by 2 stainless steel sieves with 250 and 500 microns meshs
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