Published March 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Redox topotactic reactions in FeII − III (oxy)hydroxycarbonate new minerals related to fougèrite in gleysols: "trébeurdenite and mössbauerite"

  • 1. Institut Jean Barriol FR2843 CNRS-Université de Lorraine, ESSTIN (France)
  • 2. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratoire de Géomorphologie (France)
  • 3. Université Catholique de Louvain, Unité des Sciences du Sol (Belgium)
  • 4. Eötvös Lorand Univ., Chemistry Department (Hungary)
  • 5. Geosciences Museum Victoria (Australia)
  • 6. Univ. P. and M. Curie, Institut Minéralogie and Phys. Milieux Condensés (France)
  • 7. IT-Banaras Hindu Univ., School of Materials Science and Technology (India)

Description

Fougèrite mineral responsible for the bluish-green shade of gleysols in aquifers was identified as FeII − III oxyhydroxycarbonate, [Fe6(1-x)II Fe6xIII O12H2(7 − 3x)]2 +  · [CO32- · 3H2O]2 −  where the average ferric molar fraction x = [FeIII/Fetotal] was restricted to the [1/3–2/3] range, up till now. In this paper, Mössbauer spectra of gleys extracted from the schorre of maritime marshes have values of x in the [2/3–1] range. Magnetic properties of homologous chemical compounds studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy are explained with long range order of FeIII ions within Fe cation layers for x = 1/3, 2/3 and 1. Observed values are mixtures of topotactic domains that are in fact minerals with names proposed to IMA: fougèrite for x = 1/3, trébeurdenite for x = 2/3 and mössbauerite for x = 1.

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Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
204
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 71-81
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

Conference

Title
65. Yamada conference; ICAM 2011: 31. international conference on the applications of the Moessbauer effect
Acronym
ICAME 2010
Dates
25-30 Sep 2011
Place
Kobe (Japan)

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