Site distribution of iron in staurolite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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The Mössbauer spectrum of staurolite does not necessarily indicate that ferrous iron is distributed over both the tetrahedral Fe site and one or more of the octahedral sites, as previously thought. Two doublets are present in the spectrum, but their quadrupole spliting and isomer shift are more consistent with both being due to tetrahedrally coordinated ferrous iron. Smith's X-ray work has shown that cations in the Fe site actually assume several slightly different positions, and iron in each of these positions may give rise to a different Mössbauer doublet.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Site distribution of iron in staurolite
Series title Earth and Planetary Science Letters
DOI 10.1016/0012-821X(72)90031-3
Volume 15
Issue 1
Year Published 1972
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Description 3 p.
First page 72
Last page 74
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