Layer
Name
Pigment Roussillon - grains inf. 50µm
Physical characteristics
Type of layer
granular
Thickness
3.0  ± 0.1  mm
Mass
0.216 g
Texture
pulverulent
Type of porosity
particulate
Density
0.64 ± 0.02 g.cm−3
Formation mode
manual deposition
Temperature
295.0  K
Comments
slightly tamped and smoothed surface (spatula stem)
Number
2
Arrangement
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Quartz grains quartz grains embeded in an argilo-ferric matrix (kaolinite, hematite and some goethite) mass fraction unknown but areal fraction in cross section is ~60% in raw matter before sieving. impurity abundances not determined
kaolinite clay with hematite and goethite clay-ferric matrix (kaolinite, hematite and some goethite) surrounding quartz grains mass fraction unknown but areal fraction in cross section is ~40% in raw matter before sieving. Small impurity of P, Ti, K, Na, Ca, Mg, Mn (0.92% in oxides)