Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
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Laihunite in planetary materials: An FTIR and TEM study of oxidized synthetic and meteoritic Fe-rich olivine
Naotaka TOMIOKA,
Andreas MORLOK,
Chiyoe KOIKE,
Melanie KÖHLER,
Monica GRADY
Author information
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Naotaka TOMIOKA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University
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Andreas MORLOK
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum
DPS, The Open University
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Chiyoe KOIKE
Department of Physics, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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Melanie KÖHLER
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Universite Paris Sud
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Monica GRADY
Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum
DPS, The Open University
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2012
Volume 107
Issue 4
Pages 157-166
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Published: 2012
Received: April 09, 2012
Released on J-STAGE: September 01, 2012
Accepted: July 12, 2012
Advance online publication: -
Revised: -
Abstract
In situ mid-infrared transmission measurements of matrices from carbonaceous chondrites heated up to 572 °C in air were conducted by FTIR spectroscopy. The FTIR spectra of the matrices mainly showed olivine bands. With increasing temperature, up to 477 °C, the spectra did not show significant changes. However, at 572 °C, the ~11-μm band split into a doublet, and the intensity of the ∼ 10-μm band relative to that of the ∼ 11-μm band increased significantly. In synthetic Fe-rich olivine (Fo47) samples heated at 600 °C in air, their mid-infrared spectra showed changes similar to those in meteoritic samples. A TEM observation of the recovered meteoritic samples showed that most olivine grains had a stacking disorder on (001). Selected area electron diffraction patterns of the grains also exhibited extra reflections, corresponding to a similar superstructure to three-fold periodicity along col known as laihunite-3M in Fe2SiO4. Although the synthetic Fe-rich olivine did not have any defect structures before heating, the olivine commonly had a stacking disorder on (001) after heating at 600 °C. Therefore, the changes in mid-infrared spectra of the matrices of carbonaceous chondrites were not caused by chemical reactions among their constituent minerals, but were mainly caused by oxidation of iron within the olivine structure. The mid-infrared spectra of olivine-dominating samples from this study are potential reference data for the oxidation state of olivine in in situ mid-infrared measurements on the Martian surface, in partially oxidized meteorites, on asteroidal surfaces, and in interplanetary dust particles.
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