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Nickel-bearing clay minerals: I. Optical spectroscopic study of nickel crystal chemistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

A. Manceau ,
G. Calas  and
A. Decarreau
A. Manceau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Minéralogie-Cristallographie, UA CNRS 09, Universités Paris 6 et 7, 4 Place Jussieu. 75230 Paris Cedex 05
G. Calas
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Minéralogie-Cristallographie, UA CNRS 09, Universités Paris 6 et 7, 4 Place Jussieu. 75230 Paris Cedex 05
A. Decarreau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Géochimie des Roches Sédimentaires, UA CNRS 0723, Bat. 504, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Abstract

Nickel crystal chemistry was systematically studied in various phyllosilicates, mainly the natural phases selected from the ‘garnierites’ of the supergene ore deposits of New Caledonia. Minerals which do not usually occur in New Caledonian parageneses were synthesised, as they could represent intermediate phases of genetic importance. In the kerolite-pimelite series, a linear relationship occurred between the ratio I(13,20)/I(02,11) of the hk bands and Ni-content. Diffuse reflectance spectra were used to derive the crystal chemical parameters of Ni. These confirmed its divalent character and its occupation of octahedral sites; the resulting structural distortion was slight and could not be detected in some minerals. There was no optical evidence for Ni atoms in 4-fold coordination. The two main parameters which showed significant variations among the studied phases were site distortion and crystal field stabilization energy (CFSE). Site distortion was at a maximum in trioctahedral smectites and sepiolite. CFSE depended on the mineralogy, crystallinity and chemical composition (Al-content) of the phase. Finally, clay minerals are classified according to the increasing stability of Ni in the octahedral sheet, which has been tentatively related to the geochemical distribution of this element. Secondary minerals are usually enriched vs. primary ones and among them are nepouite and kerolite which exhibit a high CFSE in contrast to sepiolite.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 367 - 387
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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