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Some Examples of the Use of IR Spectroscopy in Mineralogical Studies

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Vibrational (Infrared and Raman) Spectra of Minerals and Related Compounds

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In this chapter, numerous examples of the application of IR spectroscopy to the analysis of crystal-chemical features of minerals are considered. In particular, spectral bands that characterize different local situations around OH− and BO33− groups in vesuvianite-group minerals are revealed. The effect of symmetry on the parameters of IR spectra of vesuvianite-group minerals is discussed. By means of IR and Raman spectroscopy methods, it is shown that the clathrate mineral melanophlogite is not a single species, but a mineral group including minerals with different combinations of small molecules (CO2, CH4, H2S, N2, H2O, C2H6) entrapped in structural cages. Based on numerous IR spectra of nakauriite samples from different localities, it is demonstrated that this mineral does not contain sulfate groups, and its tentative simplified formula (Mg3Cu2+)(OH)6(CO3)·4H2O is suggested. A close crystal chemical relationship between nepskoeite and shabynite is demonstrated based on their IR spectra and compositional and X-ray diffraction data. Contrary to the formula Mg4Cl(OH)7·6H2O accepted for nepskoeite, this mineral is a borate with the tentative simplified formula Mg5(BO3)(Cl,OH)2(OH)5·nH2O (n > 4). Consequently, shabynite may be a product of nepskoeite dehydration. Based on IR spectroscopic data, it is also shown that some nominally boron-free lead carbonate minerals (molybdophyllite, hydrocerussite, plumbonacrite, somersetite) often contain minor BO33− admixture which is overlooked in structural and chemical analyses.

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    Nikita V. Chukanov

  2. Geological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Marina F. Vigasina

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Chukanov, N.V., Vigasina, M.F. (2020). Some Examples of the Use of IR Spectroscopy in Mineralogical Studies. In: Vibrational (Infrared and Raman) Spectra of Minerals and Related Compounds. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26803-9_1

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