Quartz

Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Origin

commercial sample, Sigma coatings, Holland

Main constituent
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)
2.3
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.3
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape

irregular

All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index

1.54+i0 (Klein C, & Hurbulst Jr. Manual of Mineralogy. New York: Wiley, 1993)

Color
white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.6
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Full reference paper

Volten H, Muñoz O, Rol E, de Haan JF, Vassena W, Hovenier JW. Scattering matrices of mineral aerosol particles at 441.6 nm and 632.8 nm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, no. D15, pp. 17,375-17,401, 2001