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Sahara Sand

origin	collected in the Sahara desert
main constituents	quartz, clay minerals, calcium carbonate
practical significance	interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells
particle size	measured size distributions Fraunhofer: reff=8.2 μm, veff=4.0
particle shape	irregular
refractive index	estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
color	yellow brown
scattering matrix	441.6 nm 632.8 nm
article	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