Feldspar

Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Volcanic
Others
Origin

Crushed piece of Feldspar rock from Finland

Main constituent
K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz
Practical significance

Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells

Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
1.0
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
1.0
Size distribution plot:
Size Distribution Feldspar
Size distribution table
size_feldspar.txt
Particle shape

Irregular

Imaging
SEM
SEM/TEM images:
Feldspar SEM Image 1
Feldspar SEM Image 2
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Feldspar SEM Images
Color
Light pink to white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.60 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
matrix_feldspar_442nm.txt
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering matrix elements Feldspar - 442 nm
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (2) table
matrix_feldspar_633nm.txt
Scattering matrix (2) plot:
Scattering matrix elements Feldspar - 633 nm
Refractive index

Estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.6] + i[0.00001-0.001]

Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Reference/s
Volten et al., 2001