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Forsterite Whased

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=3.3 μm, veff=4.7
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