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Published on: April 12, 2017
Raman spectroscopy of newberyite, hannayite and struvite
Ray L Frost1, Matt L Weier, Wayde N Martens
1Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld. 4001, Australia. r.frost@qut.edu.au
Abstract:
The phosphate minerals hannayite, newberyite and struvite have been studied by Raman spectroscopy using a thermal stage. Hannayite and newberyite are characterised by an intense band at around 980cm(-1) assigned to the v(1) symmetric stretching vibration of the HPO(4) units. In contrast the symmetric stretching mode is observed at 942cm(-1) for struvite. The Raman spectra are characterised by multiple v(3) anti-symmetric stretching bands and v(2) and v(4) bending modes indicating strong distortion of the HPO(4) and PO(4) units. Hannayite and newberyite are defined by bands at 3382 and 3350cm(-1) attributed to HOPO(3) vibrations and hannayite and struvite by bands at 2990, 2973 and 2874 assigned to NH(4)(+) bands. Raman spectroscopy has proven most useful for the analysis of these 'cave' minerals where complex paragenetic relationships exist between the minerals.
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