Matter
- Name
- Pigment Pierremorte (PIG_0020_B_601), powder (grains inf. 160µm)
- Family
- mineral
- Comments
- contains also some organic matter (21.68% CO2) and minor Al-bearing minerals (2.28% Al2O3)
- Database
- Experimentalists
- Parent matter
- Pigment Pierremorte (PIG_0020_B), ferruginized limestone
- Level
- from laboratory repository
- Origins
- natural terrestrial
- Provider
- Pigmenthothèque - EDYTEM
- Provider reference code
- Pierremorte < 160 µm – PIG_0020_B_601 (2016-026)
- Local reference code
- PIG_0020_B_601_Pierremorte-inf160
- Body name
- Earth
- Terrain type
- mineral surface
- Place
- Courry, Gard , Occitanie , France
Coordinates
- System
- WGS84
- Position type
- point
- Geolocation
-
Point Latitude Longitude Altitude #1 44.3114° 4.1411° - Comments
- in mine, W of village
- 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)
- sedimentary rock (iron-sediment or ironstone)
- Comments
- Partly ferruginised bioclasts (3mm) in a ferruginized carbonated matrix - Era: Mesozoic, middle Jurassic, Callovien
- Texture
- pulverulent
- Type of porosity
- particulate
- Density
- 1.0 $\pm$ 0.05 $g.cm^{-3}$
- Texture
- compact
- Grain density
- 1.0 $\pm$ 0.05 $g.cm^{-3}$
- Grain sizes
-
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape #1 160.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 None - 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 (%) 5.21 2.28 35.92 0.24 0.47 29.58 0.03 0.48 0.081 0.06 - Oxides comments
- Contain small impurity of Mn, Mg, Na, K, Ti, P (1.36% in oxides), fire loss: 24.93%
- Number
- 3
- Mode of mixing
- homogeneous mixing
- Materials