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Forsterite Small
origin rock collected in North Carolina, USA. Powder produced in Naples, Italy
main constituent Mg1.9Fe0.1SiO4, i.e. 95% pure forsterite
practical significance cometary dust analog
particle size measured size distributions
Fraunhofer: reff=1.3 μm, veff=3.1
particle shape irregular
refractive index 1.63 + i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995)
color white
scattering matrix 632.8 nm
article Volten H, Muñoz O, Brucato JR, Hovenier JW, Colangeli L, Waters LBFM, van der Zande WJ. Scattering matrices and reflectance spectra of forsterite particleswith different size distributions. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, vol. 100, pp. 429–436, 2006