Stony Brook University Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory

Augite 1

Dispersion Parameters (a/c plane)

ν (cm-1) γ S φ
286 26.1 78824 141.6
316 22.9 121807 76.1
378 36.6 53805 84.9
380 53.8 72332 25.4
452 29.9 256324 -7.2
488 27.2 59780 -7.2
511 42.8 48308 113.9
527 24.0 10163 2.9
559 20.6 3907 -1.3
588 86.1 24961 89.6
629 18.0 33690 101.1
768 89.5 55511 106.3
855 31.8 73588 148.6
864 43.8 236252 1.5
912 60.9 84647 69.1
945 48.8 96156 130.0
953 33.9 115081 76.6
973 39.3 61647 100.6
101020.7 15744 34.0
104934.2 179325 71.6
108222.4 8993 57.9
110613.6 4711 33.7

Dispersion Parameters (b plane)

ν (cm-1) γ S
334 30.7 222090
367 24.7 89493
408 61.2 210326
473 34.8 19979
504 19.0 6433
548 37.7 148239
674 18.3 104023
901 21.1 26912
963 22.7 12240
1066 37.1 44674

εxx=2.3418     εxy=0.0263     εyy=2.3934     εzz=2.6441

Measured Spectra and Principal Refractive Indices