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Quartz

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	measured size distributions Fraunhofer: reff=2.3 μm, veff=2.3
particle shape	irregular
refractive index	1.54+i0 (Klein C, & Hurbulst Jr. Manual of Mineralogy. New York: Wiley, 1993)
color	white
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