Iceland black sand (Vik) | SSTONE | SSHADE

Matter

Name: Iceland black sand (Vik)

Family: mineral

Owner of matter

Database

SSTONE

Experimentalists

Véronique Carrère

Origins: natural terrestrial
Provider: Véronique Carrère

Body name: Earth
Place: Vik beach, Iceland

Matter preparation and component types

Preparation: raw
Phase type: solid
Component type (group): superficial deposit (coastal deposit)

Matter shape and texture

Texture: mixed granular
Type of porosity: particulate

Grain sizes

Grains	Size min	Size max	Size median	Size width	Size mass fraction	Grain shape
#1	125.0 ${\mu}m$	200.0 ${\mu}m$			0.02	None
#2	200.0 ${\mu}m$	250.0 ${\mu}m$			0.07	None
#3	250.0 ${\mu}m$	315.0 ${\mu}m$			0.18	None
#4	315.0 ${\mu}m$	500.0 ${\mu}m$			7.81	None
#5	500.0 ${\mu}m$	630.0 ${\mu}m$			24.86	None
#6	630.0 ${\mu}m$	800.0 ${\mu}m$			38.28	None
#7	800.0 ${\mu}m$	1000.0 ${\mu}m$			19.23	None
#8	1000.0 ${\mu}m$	1250.0 ${\mu}m$			6.71	None
#9	1250.0 ${\mu}m$	2000.0 ${\mu}m$			2.37	None
#10	2000.0 ${\mu}m$				0.48	None

Size method

Analysis of grain size between 80 μm and 2 mm by dry sieving

Materials in matter

Number

1

Mode of mixing

heterogeneous mixing

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Iceland black sand			1.0