Authors: Filippi, Michal¹; Machovič, Vladimír²; Drahota, Petr³; Böhmová, Vlasta¹

Source: Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 63, Issue 6, Pages 136A-156A and 591-726 (June 2009) , pp. 621-626(6)

Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Abstract:

In this paper, we demonstrate that combined application of X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microscope/microprobe analysis (EMPA), and Raman microspectroscopy is an available and powerful approach for identification and characterization of iron arsenate minerals in complex environmental samples. Arsenic-rich material from the medieval mining dump close to the Giftkies mine in the Jáchymov ore district (Czech Republic) has been studied. Scorodite, kaňkite, amorphous iron arsenate (pitticite), and, to a lesser extent, native sulfur were determined in the studied samples as products of low-temperature arsenopyrite weathering. Scorodite and kaňkite form mixed nodules and crusts, which are locally coated by hardened gel-like amorphous pitticite. Pitticite also borders fractures in the mineralized rock fragments in the dump. Native sulfur, in microscopic crystals and grainy aggregates, originates directly in places with dissolved arsenopyrite and forms pseudomorphs. The Raman spectra presented in the paper can serve as comparative data for phase identification in other contaminated areas. New Raman data for the hydroxyl stretching region of scorodite (important bands: 3514, 3427, and 3600 cm⁻¹) and the whole Raman spectrum for pitticite (important bands: 472, 831, 884, 2935, 3091, 3213, 3400, and 3533 cm⁻¹) are a valuable output of this paper.

Keywords: SCORODITE; KANKITE: PITTICITE; MINE DUMP; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XRD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE/MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; EMPA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1366/000370209788559700

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Geology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic 2: Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic; Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, V Holešovičkách 41, 182 09 Prague 8, Czech Republic 3: Institute of Geology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic; Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, Prague 2, 128 43, Czech Republic

Publication date: 2009-06-01

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