Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history

Microscale analysis of ferrous:ferric iron ratios in silicate minerals has the potential to constrain geological processes but has proved challenging because textural information and spatial resolution are limited with bulk techniques, and in situ methods have limited spatial resolution. Synchrotron...

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Main Authors: Evans, Katy, Dyar, M., Reddy, Steven, Lanzirotti, A., Adams, D., Tailby, N.
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Published: Mineralogical Society of America 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39843
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author Evans, Katy
Dyar, M.
Reddy, Steven
Lanzirotti, A.
Adams, D.
Tailby, N.
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Dyar, M.
Reddy, Steven
Lanzirotti, A.
Adams, D.
Tailby, N.
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description Microscale analysis of ferrous:ferric iron ratios in silicate minerals has the potential to constrain geological processes but has proved challenging because textural information and spatial resolution are limited with bulk techniques, and in situ methods have limited spatial resolution. Synchrotron methods, such as XANES, have been hampered by the sensitivity of spectra to crystal orientation and matrix effects. In an attempt to break this nexus, biotites from Tanzania were characterized with a combination of optical microscopy, electron microprobe, Mössbauer analysis, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. Pre-edge and edge characteristics of the FeKa absorption feature were compared to orientation information derived by EBSD and ferric iron content derived from Mössbauer analysis. Statistically significant correlations between measured spectral features and optic/crystallographic orientation were observed for individual samples. However, orientation corrections derived from these correlations did not reduce the uncertainty in Fe3+/Fetot. The observations are consistent with matrix- and ordering-dependency of the XANES features, and further work is necessary if a general formulation for orientation corrections is to be devised.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-398432017-10-02T02:28:09Z Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history Evans, Katy Dyar, M. Reddy, Steven Lanzirotti, A. Adams, D. Tailby, N. orientation Fe biotite oxidation XANES Microscale analysis of ferrous:ferric iron ratios in silicate minerals has the potential to constrain geological processes but has proved challenging because textural information and spatial resolution are limited with bulk techniques, and in situ methods have limited spatial resolution. Synchrotron methods, such as XANES, have been hampered by the sensitivity of spectra to crystal orientation and matrix effects. In an attempt to break this nexus, biotites from Tanzania were characterized with a combination of optical microscopy, electron microprobe, Mössbauer analysis, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. Pre-edge and edge characteristics of the FeKa absorption feature were compared to orientation information derived by EBSD and ferric iron content derived from Mössbauer analysis. Statistically significant correlations between measured spectral features and optic/crystallographic orientation were observed for individual samples. However, orientation corrections derived from these correlations did not reduce the uncertainty in Fe3+/Fetot. The observations are consistent with matrix- and ordering-dependency of the XANES features, and further work is necessary if a general formulation for orientation corrections is to be devised. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39843 10.2138/am.2014.4222 Mineralogical Society of America fulltext
spellingShingle orientation
Fe
biotite
oxidation
XANES
Evans, Katy
Dyar, M.
Reddy, Steven
Lanzirotti, A.
Adams, D.
Tailby, N.
Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title_full Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title_fullStr Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title_full_unstemmed Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title_short Variation in XANES in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
title_sort variation in xanes in biotite as a function of orientation, crystal composition, and metamorphic history
topic orientation
Fe
biotite
oxidation
XANES
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39843