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Characterization of fluoro-edenite by μ-Raman and μ-FTIR spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. Rinaudo ,
S. Cairo ,
D. Gastaldi ,
A. Gianfagna ,
S. Mazziotti Tagliani ,
G. Tosi  and
C. Conti
C. Rinaudo
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Life Science, University of Eastern Piedmont 'A. Avogadro'– V. Bellini 25/G, 15100 Alessandria, Italy
S. Cairo
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Life Science, University of Eastern Piedmont 'A. Avogadro'– V. Bellini 25/G, 15100 Alessandria, Italy
D. Gastaldi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Life Science, University of Eastern Piedmont 'A. Avogadro'– V. Bellini 25/G, 15100 Alessandria, Italy
A. Gianfagna
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science, University of Rome `La Sapienza', P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
S. Mazziotti Tagliani
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science, University of Rome `La Sapienza', P. le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
G. Tosi
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Material Sciences, Universitá Politecnica delle Marche, 60100 Ancona, Italy
C. Conti
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Material Sciences, Universitá Politecnica delle Marche, 60100 Ancona, Italy
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Abstract

The prismatic variety of fluoro-edenite, a new amphibole found in lavas from Mt Etna in Biancavilla (Catania Province, Sicily, Italy), has been characterized by μ-Raman and μ-FTIR spectroscopy. The wavenumbers at which the bands are detected in the μ-Raman and μ-FTIR spectra are compared with tremolite, asbestos the chemical and crystallographic characteristics of which are very similar to those of fluoro-edenite.

Keywords

Raman spectroscopyIR spectroscopyfluoro-edenitetremolite
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 291 - 298
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2006

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