SAMPLE

Name : Basalt

Origin : Submarine collection

Couleur : dark grey

Refractive index : 1.6

Albedo : 0.04

Composition : mainly SiO₂, Al₂O₃, F₂O, CaO

Size of the individual grains: 95 - 125 µm

Publications :

   - Worms, J.-C., Renard, J.-B., Hadamcik, E., Brun-Huret, N., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Light scattering by dust particles with the PROGRA2 instrument - Comparative measurements between clouds under microgravity and layers on the ground, Planet. Space Sci., 48, 493-505, 2000.

   - Hadamcik, E., Renard, J.-B., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Lasue, J., Alcoufffe, G., Francis, M., Light scattering by agglomerates: Interconnecting size and absorption effects (PROGRA2 experiment), Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 110, 1755-1770, 2009.

   - Hadamcik, E., Lasue, J., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Renard, J.-B., Analogues of interplanetary dust particles to interpret the zodiacal light polarization, Planetary Space Science, 183, 104527, 2020.