Calcite, surface parallel to the crystallographic c-axis | DOCCD

Sample

Name: Calcite, surface parallel to the crystallographic c-axis

Owner of sample

Database

DOCCD

Experimentalists

Thomas Posch

Origin of sample

Date: 2005-03-16

Geolocation

Body name: Earth
Place: Sweetwater Mine , Missouri , United States

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 1.0 $cm$
Diameter: 2.0 $cm$
Surface roughness: polished
Comments: The sample is part of a calcite crystal with the dimensions of 4x2x1 cm³
Sweetwater Calcite

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 300.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max: 300.0 $K$

Sample environment: Fluid

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

Documentation and publication

Publications

Posch et al., 2007, Astrophys. J., 668, 993 - 1000

Layers in sample

Number

Layers

Calcite, surface parallel to the crystallographic c-axis , 1.0 $cm$

Sample processings

Title

Preparation of the calcite crystal

Produced sample

Sample

Calcite, surface parallel to the crystallographic c-axis (this sample)

Processing steps

Step	Chronology	Date	Type	Process
#1	before layer formation	2005-03-16	mechanical	embedding the calcite crystal in epoxy resin
#2	before layer formation	2005-03-16	mechanical	cutting the embedded calcite crystal, the cut surface is parallel to the c-axis
#3	during layer formation	2005-03-16	mechanical	polishing of the calcite crystal surface parallel to the c-axis

Comments

The sample preparation of the related sample was reconsidered. It differs from the description in Posch et al. 2007. Now the corrected sample preparation is represented in SSHADE.