Special Publication Number 5

Mineral Spectroscopy

A Tribute to Roger G. Burns

(c) 1996 by The Geochemical Society. Edited by M.D. Dyar, C. McCammon, and M.W. Schaefer

Table of Contents

Part A. Overview, Theory and Application of Spectroscopic Methods

• The science of earth materials - New priorities in a changing world: A tribute to Roger Burns - Fyfe, W.S.
• Theoretical studies on As and Sb sulfide minerals - Tossell, J.A.
• Why hematite is red: Correlation of optical absorption intensities and magnetic moments of Fe³⁺ minerals - Rossman, G.R.
• The crystal field concept (CFC) in geosciences: Does crystal field stabilization energy of Cr³⁺ rule its intercrystalline partitioning behavior? - Langer, K. and Andrut, M.
• Cr³⁺ in phyllosilicates: Influence of the nature of coordinating ligands and their next cationic neighbors on the crystal field parameters - Platonov, A.N. et al.
• Short-range order and long-range order in amphiboles: A model for the interpretation of infrared spectra in the principal OH-stretching region - Hawthorne, F.C. et al.
• Infrared spectroscopy of synthetic (Ni,Mg,Co)-potassium-richterite - Della Ventura, G. et al.
• Raman spectroscopy of crude oils and hydrocarbon fluid inclusions: A feasibility study - Orange, D. et al.
• Pyrrhotite-related Fex(Se_1-yTe_y)8; x ≈=7, y ≤ 0.15 solid solutions, studied by X-ray diffraction, magnetization and Mössbauer spectroscopy techniques - Ericsson, T. et al.
• A comprehensive Mössbauer study of highly-substituted aluminum maghemite - da Costa, G.M. et al.
• A Mössbauer effect study of franklinite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey - de Grave, E. et al.
• Spectroscopic studies of iron sulfide formation and phase relations at low temperatures - Lennie, A.R. and Vaughan, D.J.
• Application of XAFS spectroscopy to coal chemistry - Huggins, F.E. and Huffman, G.P. Li, D.; Bancroft, G. M., and Fleet, M. E.
• Coordination and local structure of Si and Al in silicate glasses: Si and Al K-edge XANES spectroscopy - Li, D. et al.
• In situ microanalysis of Fe³⁺/ΣFe amphibole by x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy - Delaney, J.S. et al.

Part B. Spectroscopy and Mineralogy of the Earth's Mantle

• Vibrational spectroscopy of mantle minerals - McMillan, P. F. et al.
• Thermodynamic properties of stishovite at mantle conditions determined from pressure variations of vibrational modes - Hofmeister, A.M.
• Sound velocities of five minerals to mantle pressures determined by the sideband fluorescence method - Chopelas, A. et al.
• Crystal chemistry of FeO at high pressure and temperature - Fei, Y.
• In situ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of iron and olivine at high pressure and temperature - Hålenius, E. et al.
• The hydrothermal diamond anvil cell (HDAC) and its applications - Bassett, W.A. et al.
• Crystal field spectrum of synthetic clinoferrite - Ross, N.L. and Sowerby, J.R.
• High-pressure Mössbauer study of synthetic clinoferrite, FeSiO3 - McCammon, C.A. and Tennant, C.
• Crystal chemistry of Fe³⁺, H⁺, and D/H in mantle-derived augite from Dish Hill: Implications for alteration during transport - Dyar, M.D. et al.

Part C. Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces

• Quantitative mineral analyses of planetary surfaces using reflectance spectroscopy - Pieters, C.M. et al.
• An occurrence of jarositic tephra on Mauna Kea, Hawaii: Implications for the ferric mineralogy of the Martian surface - Morris, R.V. et al.
• Schwertmannite on Mars? Spectroscopic analyses of schwertmannite, its relationship to other ferric minerals, and its possible presence in the surface material on Mars - Bishop, J.L. and Murad, E.
• Iron, sulfate, carbonate, and hydrated minerals on Mars - Bell, J.F., III.
• Are there abiotically-precipitated iron-formations on Mars? - Schaefer, M.W.