Material
Name
Basaltic Hawaii sand grain size 250-500 microns (C4)
Family
mineral
Origin
natural terrestrial
Comments
basaltic sand from a lava flow (1986) with very few visible microliths
Texture
compact microporous
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 250.0 μm 500.0 μm 1.0 irregular
Size method
sieving by 2 stainless steel sieves with 250 and 500 microns meshs
Number
1
Arrangement
grains with inclusions
  Name Compound type Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Adsorbat name
Vitreous matrix tektosilicate matrix 1.0 ± 0.0