Mineralogical Characterization of Manganese Oxide Minerals of the Devonian Xialei Manganese Deposit
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Settings
3. Methodology
3.1. Sampling and Preparation
3.2. Experimental Methods
4. Results
4.1. Optical Microscopy
4.2. SEM and TEM
4.3. EPMA
4.4. XRD
5. Summary and Discussion
5.1. Mn Oxide Phases, Chemical Composition, and Genesis
5.2. Crystal Structure of the Mn Oxide
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample No. | Mn | Mn Error | Ti | Ti Error | Fe | Fe Error | K | K Error | Ba | Ba Error |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XLO-1 | 20.4 | 0.855 | 0.1 | 0.019 | 6.1 | 0.283 | 1.1 | 0.213 | 0.0 | 0.012 |
41.0 | 1.914 | 0.2 | 0.025 | 10.2 | 0.521 | 1.1 | 0.236 | 0.7 | 0.063 | |
41.3 | 1.717 | 0.1 | 0.021 | 9.2 | 0.419 | 0.9 | 0.220 | 0.3 | 0.031 | |
XLO-2 | 30.4 | 1.461 | 0.1 | 0.019 | 15.2 | 0.770 | 0.4 | 0.191 | 0.1 | 0.022 |
30.8 | 1.418 | 0.1 | 0.019 | 17.8 | 0.872 | 0.4 | 0.185 | 0.0 | 0.016 | |
42.5 | 2.579 | 0.1 | 0.020 | 2.5 | 0.228 | 0.3 | 0.198 | 0.1 | 0.025 | |
XLO-1 average | 34.2 | 1.495 | 0.2 | 0.022 | 8.5 | 0.408 | 1.1 | 0.223 | 0.3 | 0.035 |
XLO-2 average | 34.6 | 1.819 | 0.1 | 0.019 | 11.8 | 0.623 | 0.4 | 0.191 | 0.1 | 0.021 |
2-Theta | D-Spacing | Intensity | Width |
---|---|---|---|
Sample XlO-1 | |||
12.669 | 6.9816 | 692 | 0.233 |
17.935 | 4.9416 | 293 | 0.332 |
28.580 | 3.1207 | 2565 | 0.226 |
37.368 | 2.4045 | 1850 | 0.237 |
56.569 | 1.6256 | 771 | 0.264 |
72.419 | 1.3039 | 227 | 0.268 |
75.663 | 1.2559 | 101 | 0.189 |
Sample XlO-2 | |||
12.339 | 7.1672 | 142 | 0.089 |
18.692 | 4.7432 | 137 | 0.094 |
26.630 | 3.3447 | 1808 | 0.068 |
28.579 | 3.1208 | 769 | 0.113 |
37.323 | 2.4073 | 475 | 0.112 |
42.759 | 2.1130 | 206 | 0.094 |
56.605 | 1.6246 | 360 | 0.119 |
59.957 | 1.5416 | 351 | 0.078 |
67.747 | 1.3820 | 215 | 0.078 |
68.142 | 1.3749 | 259 | 0.075 |
72.360 | 1.3048 | 151 | 0.127 |
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Niu, S.; Zhao, L.; Lin, X.; Chen, T.; Wang, Y.; Mo, L.; Niu, X.; Wu, H.; Zhang, M.; Huizenga, J.M.; et al. Mineralogical Characterization of Manganese Oxide Minerals of the Devonian Xialei Manganese Deposit. Minerals 2021, 11, 1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111243
Niu S, Zhao L, Lin X, Chen T, Wang Y, Mo L, Niu X, Wu H, Zhang M, Huizenga JM, et al. Mineralogical Characterization of Manganese Oxide Minerals of the Devonian Xialei Manganese Deposit. Minerals. 2021; 11(11):1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111243
Chicago/Turabian StyleNiu, Sida, Liqun Zhao, Xiaoju Lin, Tong Chen, Yingchao Wang, Lingchao Mo, Xianglong Niu, Huaying Wu, Min Zhang, Jan Marten Huizenga, and et al. 2021. "Mineralogical Characterization of Manganese Oxide Minerals of the Devonian Xialei Manganese Deposit" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111243
APA StyleNiu, S., Zhao, L., Lin, X., Chen, T., Wang, Y., Mo, L., Niu, X., Wu, H., Zhang, M., Huizenga, J. M., & Long, P. (2021). Mineralogical Characterization of Manganese Oxide Minerals of the Devonian Xialei Manganese Deposit. Minerals, 11(11), 1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111243